BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                           2415

(1)    HAVE A SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT

INDICATING AN OVERALL ACADEMIC GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF AT

LEAST 3.0 3.7 ON A 4.0 SCALE OR ITS EQUIVALENT GRADE POINT
AVERAGE.

(2)    HAVE MATRICULATED AT A POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THE STATE.

(3) QUALIFY AS A MARYLAND RESIDENT.

(B) THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD SHALL BE IN THE AMOUNT OF
$500 FOR USE IN THE NEXT ENSUING ACADEMIC YEAR. EACH AWARD,

PROVIDED IT IS ACCEPTED BY THE ELIGIBLE STUDENT, SHALL BE

RENEWABLE, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, FOR A MAXIMUM OF 3 YEARS
SUBSEQUENT TO THE ORIGINAL AWARD, IF THE RECIPIENT REMAINS A

RESIDENT OF THE STATE, ATTENDS AN ACCREDITED POSTSECONDARY

INSTITUTION IN THE STATE, IS ENROLLED AS A FULL-TIME
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, AND MAINTAINS A 3.0 GRADE AVERAGE.

18-1103.

THE BOARD SHALL ANNUALLY SELECT A NUMBER OF ALTERNATE
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE. IN THE EVENT THE
ANNUAL NUMBER OF AWARDS IS NOT MADE, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
18-1101, THE BOARD MAY MAKE AN AWARD FROM THE ALTERNATE LIST
AS NECESSARY TO ASSURE THAT 100 AWARDS ARE MADE ANNUALLY.

18—1104.

AN AWARD GRANTED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IS FOR $500 PER
YEAR AND MAY BE USED FOR:

(1)        TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES;

(2)         ROOM AND BOARD; AND

(3)        BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.

18-1105.

THESE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
STATE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article — Transportation

(d) Of the proceeds collected annually from the

additional fees charged under this section:

(1) The first $150,000 shall be paid into a
special fund administered by the State Scholarship Board for
use in the medical, dental, legal, nursing, and