HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                           461

Article - Education

SUBTITLE 14. TEACHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS IN AREAS
OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE

SUBTITLE 14. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE TUITION ASSISTANCE - EDUCATION
OF PERSONS TO TEACH IN-AREAS AN AREA OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE

18-1401.

(A) THERE IS A PROGRAM OF TEACHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS IN
AREAS OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE IN THE STATE THAT ARE AWARDED UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE.

(A) THERE IS A PROGRAM OF SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE FOR THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS TO TEACH IN AREAS OF
CRITICAL SHORTAGE IN THIS STATE.

(B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS
HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(1) AREA OF "CRITICAL SHORTAGE" MEANS A PROGRAM OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, OR EARTH
SCIENCE.

(1) "AREA OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE" MEANS A SUBJECT AREA
DETERMINED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF § 18-1405 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(2) "PUBLIC SCHOOL" MEANS A PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
IN THE STATE.

(3) "DEGREED RECIPIENT" MEANS A RECIPIENT OF A

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE WHO POSSESSES AN

UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE DEGREE IN AN AREA OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE.

(4) "NONDEGREED RECIPIENT" MEANS A RECIPIENT OF A
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE WHO DOES NOT POSSESS AN
UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE DEGREE IN AN AREA OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE.

(C) FUNDS FOR THE TEACHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR
THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS TO TEACH IN AREAS OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE
IN THIS STATE SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE
STATE SCHOLARSHIP BOARD.

(A) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B) "PUBLIC SCHOOL" MEANS A SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THIS STATE.

(C) "ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION" MEANS AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY THAT HAS A PROGRAM OF UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE
STUDIES THAT WOULD CERTIFY THE RECIPIENT TO TEACH IN THIS STATE
IN AN AREA OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE AND WHICH IS: