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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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the term and within the period specified in his contract; or

(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.

(b)  The board of regents OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
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 any 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 school boards in Maryland.

(c)   The board of regents may promulgate rules to
implement the provisions of this section, including a
definition of what constitutes a bona fide effort to obtain
employment.

3.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that nothing
in this section shall authorize the reimbursement of tuition
already collected under the teacher tuition waiver program.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77A, §12 (g), except the last two sentences,
(g-1), (g-2), and (g-3) and Art. 77A, §27AE as
amended by Ch. 474, Acts of 1977.