HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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FOR the purpose of providing an additional scholarship in a
certain amount to certain persons if the recipients enroll
in certain approved programs of teacher education; requiring
recipients to sign agreements to teach in a public school
for a certain time and to repay the State the amounts of the
additional scholarship and interest at a certain rate if the
recipient does not meet certain conditions; providing for
the adoption of certain rules and regulations relating to
the waiver of certain repayment requirements under certain
conditions; renumbering a certain section; deleting a
provision limiting the amount of an award to $800; and
generally relating to teacher education scholarships under
the distinguished scholar program.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 18-1102(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 18-1104

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

18-1102.

(D) (1) A RECIPIENT OF AN AWARD MADE UNDER THIS SECTION
SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $800 FOR EACH YEAR IN WHICH THE
RECIPIENT IS ELIGIBLE IF THE RECIPIENT:

(1) (I) ENROLLS IN AN APPROVED PROGRAM OF TEACHER
EDUCATION AT AN ACCREDITED POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION IN THE
STATE; AND

(2) (II) SIGNS AN AGREEMENT TO:

(I) 1. TEACH COMMENCE EMPLOYMENT AS A TEACHER
IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE UPON WITHIN 9 MONTHS OF THE
COMPLETION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES FOR 1 YEAR FOR EACH YEAR THAT
THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS AWARDED; AND

(II) 2. REPAY THE STATE THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
AWARDED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION AND SIMPLE INTEREST EQUAL TO THE
PRIME RATE OF INTEREST PLUS 2 PERCENT IF THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT: