MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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certificate, diploma, or degree; providing that
these institutions shall not be eligible to receive

State funds unless granted a certificate of

approval; generally relating to the authority of the

State Board of Education concerning the issuance of

certain certificates, diplomas and degrees;

prohibiting certain discrimination; and clarifying
language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 77 — Public Education

Section 11(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 11(b) of Article 77 - Public
Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 77 — Public Education

11.

(b) The State Board of Education shall prescribe the
minimum requirements for issuing all certificates and
diplomas, and academic, collegiate, professional, or
university degrees. No public or private educational
institution, EXCEPT THOSE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS OPERATED BY A BONA FIDE CHURCH ORGANIZATION,
may issue any certificate or diploma or academic,
collegiate, professional, or university degree without
having first obtained the assent of the State Board of
Education and approval of [said] THE Board of the
conditions of entrance, scholarship, and residence upon
which [said] THE certificate, diploma or degree is
issued. UNLESS GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL BY THE
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, NO SECONDARY INSTITUTION WHICH
ISSUES A DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE STATE FUNDS. This section does not apply to
apprenticeship and on—the—job training programs subject
to approval by the Apprenticeship and Training Council.
THERE SHALL BE NO DISCRIMINATION AS TO RACE, COLOR, OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.