WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 246

formerly received State aid as a component of a private college
or university that was established in this State before July 1,
1970;

(2)  Be approved by the [State Board for] MARYLAND
Higher Education COMMISSION;

(3)  Be accredited by the Commission on Higher
Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges 'and
Schools;

(4) Have awarded the associate of arts or
baccalaureate degrees to at least one graduating class;

(5)  Maintain one or more earned degree programs,
other than seminarian or theological programs, leading to an
associate of arts or baccalaureate degree; and

(6)  Submit each new program and each major
modification of an existing program to the [State Board for]
MARYLAND Higher Education COMMISSION for its review and
recommendation as to the initiation of the new or modified
program.

17-104.

(a) The [State Board for] MARYLAND Higher Education
COMMISSION shall compute the amount of the annual apportionment
for each institution that qualifies under this subtitle by
[multiplying]:

(1) DETERMINING [The] THE number of full-time
equivalent students enrolled at the institution during the fall
semester of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which
the aid apportionment is made, as determined by the [State Board
for] MARYLAND Higher Education COMMISSION [times];

(2) IF THE COMMISSION DETERMINES IT APPROPRIATE,
SUBTRACTING FROM THAT NUMBER THE TOTAL NUMBER, IF ANY, OF
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN ANY PROGRAM
THAT:

(I) HAS NOT RECEIVED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION

BY THE MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION UNDER §

11-305(A)(2)(II) OR (3) OF THIS ARTICLE; OR

(II) HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE MARYLAND HIGHER

EDUCATION COMMISSION TO BE UNREASONABLY DUPLICATIVE OF AN

EXISTING PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION UNDER § 11-305(D) OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

[(2)] (3) MULTIPLYING THE REMAINDER BY [An] AN amount
equal to 16 percent of the State's General Fund per full-time

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