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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 434
(d) Grants to teacher recipients may not be used to supplant retraining efforts
by local boards of education.
(e) (1) For a full-time student, the annual amount of tuition assistance shall
be equal to the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board, not to exceed the
leader of costs incurred for the program required for teacher certification in an area of
critical [or geographic] shortage OR NEED or the sum of these costs for a full-time
undergraduate in State resident student at the 4-year public institution of higher
education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of
Maryland University College and University of Maryland, Baltimore, with the
highest annual expenses for a full-time resident undergraduate.
(2) For a part-time student, the amount of an award may not exceed the
applicable cost of tuition and mandatory fees for a comparable undergraduate
in-State student at the 4-year public institution of higher education within the
University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland University
College and University of Maryland, Baltimore, with the highest annual expenses for
a full-time resident undergraduate.
(f) (1) A nondegreed recipient may renew an award for [1-year] 2 YEARS if
the recipient:
(i) Remains an undergraduate student in an area of critical [or
geographic] shortage OR NEED; and
(ii) Maintains a grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
and advances in academic standing at least 1 year for each year for which an award
is renewed.
(2) A degreed recipient and a teacher recipient may renew an award for
1 year if that recipient maintains a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
(g) (1) The State Superintendent of Schools shall project annually the
number of vacancies for employment expected in each of the subsequent 5 years in
areas of critical [or geographic] shortage and the number of students expected to
graduate from programs qualifying them to teach in these fields during the same
period. The State Superintendent of Schools shall certify annually to the Office those
programs that continue to be areas of critical [or geographic] shortage as evidenced
by projected employment vacancies substantially exceeding projected qualified
graduates.
(2) In any year in which an area is determined by the State
Superintendent of Schools to no longer be an area of critical [or geographic] shortage,
the Office shall discontinue mailing new awards in that area.
(3) Deletion of any academic field as an area of critical [or geographic]
shortage does not:
(i) Terminate the right of existing recipients to renew awards
under § 18-704(d) of this subtitle; or
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