Ch. 326                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 326

(Senate Bill 216)

AN ACT concerning

Garrett County Community College - Payment of State
Aid for West Virginia Students

FOR the purpose of clarifying that Garrett Community College is
eligible to receive State aid for certain out-of-state
students under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 16-407(a)(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

16-407.

(a) (2) (I) A resident of the State of West Virginia who
attends Garrett Community College under a negotiated reciprocity
agreement between the States of Maryland and West Virginia is an
in-county resident for tuition purposes [and shall be counted as
an in-State resident for computation of the State aid to
community colleges in accordance with § 16-403 of this subtitle].

(II)  FOR EACH FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT
PARTICIPATING IN THE RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT, THE STATE SHALL PAY
TO GARRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE NET STATE
SUPPORT PER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT AS PROVIDED IN §§ 16-403
AND 16-403.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(III)  The State Board for Community Colleges
may make payments to effectuate the provisions of this paragraph
from funds specifically appropriated for this purpose as provided
in the State budget or any supplemental budget request.

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