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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 22

(A)       IN GENERAL.

THE STATE BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL COMPUTE THE
AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL APPORTIONMENT FOR EACH INSTITUTION THAT
QUALIFIES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE BY MULTIPLYING:

(1)         THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS
ENROLLED AT THE INSTITUTION DURING THE FALL SEMESTER OF THE
FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE AID
APPORTIONMENT IS MADE, AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION TIMES;

(2)       AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES
OF THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND PER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT
APPROPRIATION TO THE 4-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION IN THIS STATE FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR:

(I)       IN FISCAL YEAR 1979, 17-5 PERCENT; AND

(II)       IN SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEARS, 20 PERCENT.

(B)       EXCLUSION OF THEOLOGICAL AND SEMINARIAN STUDENTS.

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SEMINARIAN OR
THEOLOGICAL PROGRAMS SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE COMPUTATION
REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77A, §67.

The only changes are in style.

17-105. CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF AID.

THE STATE BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL CERTIFY THE
AMOUNT OF AID DUE EACH INSTITUTION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE TO
THE STATE COMPTROLLER, WHO SHALL PAY IT FROM APPROPRIATIONS
MADE FOR THIS PROGRAM UNDER THE NORMAL BUDGETARY PROCEDURES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as the
last sentence of Art. 77A, §65.

The only changes are in style.

17-106. PURCHASES THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.

SUBJECT TO THE INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF
GENERAL SERVICES, AN INSTITUTION THAT QUALIFIES FOR AID
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE MAY MAKE ANY PURCHASE OF MORE THAN $500
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THAT DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77A, §96(a).

This section is revised to authorize purchases
only if the amount involved exceeds $500, to
avoid the construction that it simply permits