BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1247

(Senate Bill 264)

AN ACT concerning

Senatorial Scholarships - Eligibility

FOR the purpose of permitting certain otherwise qualified
students to be eligible for Senatorial scholarships
without the need for taking the competitive examination
administered by the State Scholarship Board.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education
Section 18-402(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1978)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(as enacted by Chapter ____ of the Acts of the General

Assembly of 1978) be repealed, amended, or enacted to read
as follows:

Article - Education

18-402.

(a). (1) Each applicant for a senatorial scholarship
shall:

(i) Take a competitive examination
administered by the State Scholarship Board; and

(ii) Be accepted for admission in the
regular undergraduate program at an eligible institution.

(2) An applicant IS EXEMPT FROM THE EXAMINATION
IF THE APPLICANT: [who]

(I)    is attending an eligible institution
and [who] has completed at least 1 year in good academic
standing at the institution [is exempt from the examination
requirement.]; OR

(II)   GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT LEAST 4

2 YEAR 5 YEARS BEFORE APPLICATION FOR A SENATORIAL

SCHOLARSHIP.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.