1974                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 585

added to Article 77A — Higher Education, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1973
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 77A - Higher Education
66.

(E) the Institution shall submit all new programs

AND MAJOR ALTERATIONS OF PROGRAMS TO THE MARYLAND COUNCIL
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION
REGARDING THEIR INITIATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
67 of Article 77A — Higher Education, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1973
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed:

Article 77A — Higher Education
67.

[The amount of the annual apportionment to each
institution meeting the requirements of § 66 of this
subtitle shall be computed by multiplying by two hundred
dollars the number of earned associate of arts degrees,
and by five hundred dollars (1) the number of earned
bachelor's, and (2), to the extent that sufficient funds
are provided in the annual State budget, the number of
advanced degrees beyond baccalaureate, including first
professional degrees, conferred in this State by such
institution during the fiscal year next preceding the
fiscal year for which such apportionment is made. To the
extent that sufficient funds are not provided in the
State budget for the full cost of (2) above, the amount
per degree thereof shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.
There shall be excluded from any such computation the
number of seminarian or theological degrees conferred by
the institution or any degree which is awarded in
substitution of a previously earned degree. ]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 67 be and it is hereby added to Article 77A —
Higher Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education
67.

[[(A)]] FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976 AND SUCCEEDING