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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 429
fulfills the service obligation shall be forgiven, for the purposes of this subtitle, at a
rate of 1 year for each year that the recipient performs the service obligation.
18-703.
(b) (1) Economic Development Student Assistance Grants to be known as
the Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award may be awarded as
teacher education tuition assistance grants.
(2) The Office shall award annually to eligible applicants tuition
assistance grants for the education of persons to teach in areas of critical or
geographic shortage.
(c) A recipient of a tuition assistance grant shall:
(1) Qualify as follows:
(i) Have earned [60] 30 credits of undergraduate collegiate
education and be enrolled in or sign a letter of intent to enroll in a program leading to
certification to teach in an area of critical or geographic shortage and be selected by
the Office on a competitive basis among qualified applicants based on academic
criteria, not limited to standardized tests, established by the State Board of
Education; or
(ii) Have an undergraduate or graduate degree and be enrolled in
or sign a letter of intent to enroll in courses leading to certification to teach in an area
of critical or geographic shortage and be selected among qualified applicants on a
competitive basis based on academic criteria established by the State Board of
Education; or
(iii) Persons who are already teachers shall:
1. Be nominated by the superintendent of schools of the
system in which the person teaches or intends to teach; and
2. Enroll as a student in courses required for teacher
certification in an academic area in which there is a critical or geographic shortage of
teachers; and
3. Be selected by the Office on a competitive basis among
qualified applicants based on criteria established by the State Board of Education;
(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; 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.
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