HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(i) Any community college with less than 500

full-time equivalent students if the county in which the

community college is located has a population of less than
50,000; and

(ii) Any regional community college if the
counties that support the regional community college have a
combined population of less than 150,000] WOR-WIC TECH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.

(3)  The students, through tuition and fees, shall pay
13 percent of current expenses at Cecil Community College,
Garrett Community College, and Chesapeake College.

(4)  This subsection does not prohibit a county or
regional board of trustees from requiring students at the
community college to pay more than their share of the current
expenses.

16-403.1.

(A)  (1) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER STATE AID FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THERE IS A LOW INCOME STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM.

(2)  THE PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE
BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

(3)  THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY ADOPT
REASONABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE LOW INCOME
STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM.

(B)  (1) EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
A LOW INCOME STUDENT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT CALCULATED UNDER THIS
SECTION IF THE COLLEGE RECEIVES OPERATING FUND APPROPRIATIONS
FROM THE COUNTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN IT RECEIVED DURING THE
PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.

(2) THE LOW INCOME STUDENT GRANTS SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO EACH ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EACH FISCAL YEAR
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE UNDER § 16-405 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

(C)  (1) THE GRANT TO AN ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE
COMPUTED ANNUALLY BY MULTIPLYING THE SUM OF $115 TIMES THE NUMBER
OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED FEDERAL PELL GRANTS, AS PROVIDED IN
PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2 YEARS
PRIOR TO THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE LOW INCOME STUDENT GRANTS
ARE BEING PAID.

(2) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED FEDERAL PELL GRANTS SHALL BE AS REPORTED TO
THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
ANNUAL AUDIT UNDER § 16-409 OF THIS SUBTITLE.