WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 246

(f) The [Board] ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION
shall:

(1)  Analyze under uniform standards the financial
need of each applicant for a scholarship for which financial need
is a consideration; and

(2)  Send its analysis to the appropriate institution
and the person who awards the scholarship.

[18-205.

(a)  The State Scholarship Board may employ a full-time
executive director to carry out its day to day operations under
the control of the Board.

(b)  The Board may employ the additional staff necessary to
carry out its functions as provided in the State budget.

(c)  Each employee of the Board is entitled to the
compensation provided in the State budget.]

Subtitle 3. General State Scholarship Program

18-301.

There is a program of general State scholarships in this
State, that are awarded under this subtitle.

18-301 . 1 .

THE STATE SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRATION SHALL PUBLICIZE THE

AVAILABILITY OF GENERAL STATE SCHOLARSHIPS.

18-302.

[(a)] Except for a distinguished scholar award
under § 18-1101 of this article, the recipient of a general State
scholarship may not hold any other scholarship awarded under this
title.

[(b) (1) Each applicant for a general State scholarship
shall:

(i) Take a competitive examination administered
by the State Scholarship Board; and

(ii) Be accepted for admission in the regular
undergraduate program at an eligible institution or be enrolled
in a two-year terminal certificate program in which the course
work is acceptable for transfer credit for an accredited
baccalaureate program in an eligible institution.

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