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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 298

CHAPTER 298

(Senate Bill 148)

AN ACT concerning

Higher Education - Displaced Homemakers

FOR the purpose of repealing the current provision of law that
requires the termination of the Displaced Homemakers Program
after a certain date; clarifying that the exemption of
tuition under the Program is contingent on the availability
of certain funds; requiring an annual report on the Program;
providing that a certain requirement for the allocation of
certain positions among Community Colleges shall be a
minimum requirement; providing for a certain effective date;
and generally relating to educational opportunities for
displaced homemakers in the State.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 16-205(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

16-205.

(d) (1) For purposes of this subsection, "displaced
homemaker" is an individual who:

home ;

employment;

(i) Is over 35;

(ii) Has worked for the family in the family

(iii) Is not gainfully employed;

(iv) Has had, or would have, difficulty finding

(v) 1. Has depended on the income of a family
member and has lost that income as the result of separation,
divorce, or the death or disability of that family member; or

2. Has depended on government assistance
as the parent of dependent children and is no longer eligible for
such assistance; and