Ch. 334

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(V)  SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIES
ONLY TO STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN A NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM
SUBSEQUENT TO THE DETERMINATION MADE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH.

(VI)  SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MAY NOT
AFFECT ANY STUDENT WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN THE NONRESIDENT
TUITION REDUCTION AND STATE AID PROGRAM PRIOR TO THE
DETERMINATION UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

(4) THE STATE BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY
COMMITTEE ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE TUITION
REDUCTION AND STATE AID PROGRAM AND THE STATUS OF GRADUATES WITH

AN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATION FOR WORK WITHIN THE STATE OR PAYMENT OF
TUITION REDUCTION UNDER THIS SECTION.

(b)  (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
subsection, any student who attends a community college not
supported by the county in which the student resides shall pay,
in addition to the student tuition and fees payable by a resident
of a county that supports the community college, an out-of-county
or out-of-region fee equal to the county share per full-time
equivalent student as determined under § 16-403 of this subtitle.

(2) (i) Any student who resides in an incorporated
municipality whose corporate limits extend into 2 counties in the
State is considered an in-county resident for tuition purposes at
a community college campus located within that municipality that
is supported by either county.

(ii) If a student is considered an in-county
resident under this paragraph and the student does not reside in
the county that supports the community college, the county in
which the student resides shall pay the difference between the
out-of-county tuition and the in-county tuition.

(c)  Any county may appropriate money to pay the
out-of-county or out-of-region fees for county residents who
attend a community college in this State that is not supported by
that county.

(d)  (1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if
any student is a resident of this State and enrolls in an
instructional program that the State Board for Community Colleges
designates as a HEALTH MANPOWER SHORTAGE PROGRAM OR A HEALTH
MANPOWER SHORTAGE PROGRAM OR A statewide or regional program, the
student shall pay only the student tuition and fees payable by a
resident of a county that supports the community college and the
State Board for Community Colleges shall pay any applicable
out-of-county fee.

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