Ch. 655

LAWS OF MARYLAND

providing for the applicability of inconsistent provisions
of law; and generally relating to the power of the Maryland
Higher Education Commission to enter into certain interstate
agreements for certain purposes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section ll-105(j) and 16-407

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

11-105.

(j) (1) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
THE Commission shall administer existing programs for interstate
and regional cooperation, including reciprocity agreements on
matters that affect postsecondary education, and may propose such
new programs as it deems appropriate to the educational needs of
the State.

(2) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY ONLY TO:

1.  A PUBLIC SENIOR HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTION; AND

2.  ANY INSTITUTION OF POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION UNDER THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

(II)   IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES AT MINIMUM COST TO STUDENTS AND THE STATE, THE
COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL
EDUCATION BOARD INTERSTATE AGREEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ACADEMIC
COMMON MARKET, TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUALIFIED
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN SELECTED PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA
ON A RESIDENT TUITION AND FEE CHARGE BASIS.

(III)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSION IS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO CREATE
GUIDELINES FOR THE WAIVER OF THE COLLECTION OF NONRESIDENT
TUITION AND FEE CHARGES FOR STUDENTS FROM OTHER STATES THAT ARE
ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AS
PART OF A REGIONAL OR INTERSTATE AGREEMENT.

(IV)  BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN ANY INTERSTATE
AGREEMENT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSULT
WITH:

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