1310                             Laws of Maryland

[Ch. 626

meets the requirements set forth in Section 65 of this subtitle, upon
application by the institution, such amounts of State aid as are
authorized to be paid by Section 66 of this subtitle.

65.

In order to qualify for State aid apportionments pursuant to this
subtitle, any institution of higher education must meet each of the
following requirements:

(a)    the institution must be a non-profit private college or uni-
versity which has been accredited by the State Department of Edu-
cation; AND WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF OR IN RECOGNIZED
CANDIDACY WITH THE MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS;

(b)    the institution must have been established in this State
prior to July 1,1970;

(c)    the institution must maintain one or more earned degree
programs, culminating in an Associate of Arts or baccalaureate or
higher degree;

(d)    the institution cannot be one awarding only seminarian or
theological degrees.

66.

The amount of the annual apportionment to each institution meet-
ing the requirements of Section 65 of this subtitle shall be computed by
multiplying by two hundred dollars the number of earned Associate of
Arts degrees, AND by three FIVE hundred dollars the number of
earned bachelor's degrees, by four hundred dollars the number of

earned master's degrees, and by eight hundred dollars the number of

earned Doctor of Philosophy, Juris Doctor and Doctor of Education
degrees, conferred in this State by such institution during the fiscal
year next preceding the fiscal year for which such apportionment is
made. There shall be excluded from any such computation the num-
ber of seminarian or theological degrees conferred by the institution

OR ANY DEGREE WHICH IS AWARDED IN SUBSTITUTION

OF A PREVIOUSLY EARNED DEGREE.

67.

The Board of Public Works is authorized to adopt criteria and
procedures, not inconsistent with this subtitle, for the implemen-
tation and administration of the aid program provided for by this
subtitle, including but not limited to criteria and procedures for
the submission of applications for aid under this subtitle, for the
verification of degrees conferred by the applicant private institu-
tions of higher education, for the submission of reports or data by
such institutions, and for the method and times during the fiscal
year of paying the aid provided for by this subtitle.

68.

If any parts of this subtitle, or any particular payments or pay-
ments to any particular types of institutions pursuant to this sub-
title, shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason,
such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining