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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 389

(3)  The State Board may not issue a certificate
of approval to an institution that practices discrimination
based on race, color, or national origin.

(4)  This subsection does not apply to an
institution operated by a bona fide church organization,
including the Amish and Mennonite church parochial schools.
However, an institution that does not have a certificate of
approval from the State Board may not receive State funds,
except that an institution operated by a bona fide church
organization is not required to have a certificate to
receive State funds for eligible students in the food
service program who are enrolled in nursery school through
the eighth grade.

(f) (1) If the State Board believes that a
noncollegiate educational institution that applies for a
certificate of approval does not meet the conditions or
standards necessary for the issuance of the certificate, it
shall give the institution written notice of the specific
deficiencies.

(2)  Within 20 days of receipt of a notice of
deficiencies, the institution may request a hearing before
the Board, and within 60 days of receipt of the request, the
Board shall hold a hearing to determine if the certificate
of approval should be issued.

(3)  If, within 6 months from the date on which
the application for certification was submitted to the State
Board, the institution has received neither a certificate of
approval under subsection (e) of this section nor written
notice of deficiencies under this subsection, it may request
within 20 days, a hearing before the Board to determine if
the certificate of approval should be issued.

(g) (1) If the State Board believes that a
noncollegiate educational institution does not meet the
conditions or standards on which its certificate of approval
was based, it shall give the institution written notice of
this belief.

(2)  The notice shall specify the alleged
deficiencies and direct the institution to correct them
within a period of not less than 30 days as set by the
Board. If the institution requests a hearing within 20
days of the notice, the Board shall hold a hearing to
determine the matter.

(3)  The order to correct the deficiencies shall
be stayed until a determination is made after the hearing.

(h) (1) The State Board may order a noncollegiate
educational institution to end operations if the institution
fails to correct the specified deficiencies within the
period set by the Board and if: