Ch. 246                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

report or related management letter has been satisfactorily
addressed and should not be implemented, then the Board shall
notify the Legislative Auditor of the reasons for not
implementing the recommendation. If the State Board for Community
Colleges finds that satisfactory progress has not been made
toward correcting recurring material weaknesses or implementing
any other audit recommendations which the Board deems
appropriate, then with due notice to the community college and
with the concurrence of the [State Board for] MARYLAND Higher
Education COMMISSION, the Board may, for fiscal year 1986 and
shall, beginning with fiscal year 1987, direct the State
Comptroller to withhold aid payments or any portion of aid
payments due a college under this article.

Title 17. Financial Aid to Institutions of Higher Education

Subtitle 1. Aid to [Nonpublic] INDEPENDENT Institutions

17-101.

There is a program of State aid to [nonpublic] INDEPENDENT
institutions of higher education.

17-102.

Subject to review by the Board of Public Works, the [State
Board for] MARYLAND Higher Education COMMISSION shall adopt
standards and procedures, not inconsistent with this subtitle, to
implement and administer the aid program provided for by this
subtitle, including standards and procedures for:

(1)  Submitting applications for aid;

(2)  Verifying full-time equivalent student enrollment
by institutions that apply for aid;

(3)  Submitting reports or data on the use of this
money by the institutions that receive it; and

(4)  Paying the aid to the institutions during the
fiscal year.

17-103.

(a)  The [State Board for] MARYLAND Higher Education
COMMISSION shall determine which institutions are eligible for
aid under this subtitle.

(b)  To qualify for State aid under this subtitle, an
institution of higher education shall:

(1) Be a nonprofit private college or university, or
be a nonprofit private institution of higher education that

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