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(2) By engaging in a teaching, training or
education position equivalent to a full—time teaching
position in the public schools of Maryland with (a) a public
elementary or secondary school, in any state which is party
to the interstate agreement on qualification of educational
personnel, (b) a licensed day care center in Maryland, (c)
any agency of the State of Maryland or a political
subdivision of the State, (d) an approved vocational or
technical school in Maryland, or (e) an agency of the
federal government, for the term and within the period
specified in his contract.

(g-2) The board of trustees OF THE STATE UNIVERSITIES
AND COLLEGES may:

(1)   Defer commencement of a tuition waiver
contract obligation for the first school year after
graduation upon a showing that (a) the student has made a
bona fide effort to obtain an employment necessary to
fulfill his obligation, (b) he has not been accepted for
such employment, and (c) he has been refused such employment
by at least four local school boards in Maryland;

(2)   Excuse one half of the student's contractual
liability upon a showing that within one year after
graduation, (a) the student has made a bona fide effort to
obtain an employment necessary to fulfill his obligation,
(b) he has not been accepted for such employment, and (c) he
has been refused such employment by at least seven eligible
prospective employers, of which four shall be local school
boards in Maryland;

(3)    Excuse the balance of the student's
contractual liability upon a showing that, during the second
year after graduation, (a) the student has made a bona fide
effort to obtain an employment necessary to fulfill his
obligation, (b) he has not been accepted for such
employment, and (c) he has been refused such employment by
at least seven eligible prospective employers, of which four
shall be local boards in Maryland.

(g—3) The board of trustees may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of subsections (g—1) and (g—2),
including a definition of what constitutes a bona fide
effort to obtain employment.

2. [(77A § 27AE).]

(a) Any student who has ever graduated from, who is
enrolled in or who hereafter graduates from the University
OF MARYLAND under the teacher remission of fixed fees
program and who has executed a contract to teach in the
public schools pursuant thereto, may fulfill his obligation
to the State in the following manner:

(1) By teaching in a public or approved nonpublic
elementary or secondary school, or college, in Maryland for