Ch. 246                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e) The State Scholarship [Board] ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATION may adopt any other rules and regulations
necessary to implement this subtitle,

18-1403.

(a)  The State Scholarship [Board] ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATION annually shall award to eligible applicants
tuition assistance for the education of persons to teach in areas
of critical shortage.

(b)  A recipient of a tuition assistance award shall:

(1)  Be a resident of this State;

(2)  Qualify as follows:

(i) Have earned 60 credits of undergraduate
collegiate education and be enrolled in or sign a letter of
intent to enroll in a program leading to certification to teach
in an area of critical shortage and be selected by the State
Scholarship [Board] ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION on a
competitive basis among qualified applicants based on academic
criteria, not limited to standardized tests, established by the
State Board of Education; or

(ii) Have an undergraduate or graduate degree
and be enrolled in or sign a letter of intent to enroll in
courses leading to certification to teach in an area of critical
shortage and be selected among qualified applicants on a
competitive basis based on academic criteria established by the
State Board of Education; or

(iii) Persons who are already teachers shall:

1.  Have a nomination from the
superintendent of schools of the system in which the person
teaches or intends to teach; and

2.  Enroll as a full-time student in
courses required for teacher certification in an academic area in
which there is a critical shortage of teachers; and

3.  Be selected by the State Scholarship
[Board] ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION on a competitive
basis among qualified applicants based on criteria established by
the State Board of Education;

(3)  Sign a letter of intent as follows:

(i) A nondegreed recipient who is not already a
teacher shall be enrolled in or sign a letter of intent to enroll

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