(3) The report of the University of Maryland, College Park Board of
Visitors shall include:

(i) The Board's evaluation of the status of the effort by the
University System of Maryland and the State in meeting the requirements of the
Maryland Charter for Higher Education set forth in § 10-209 of this article which
require the University System of Maryland to:

1. Provide the College Park campus with the level of
operating funding and facilities necessary to place it among the upper echelon of its
peer institutions;

2. Maintain and enhance the College Park campus as the
State's flagship campus with programs and faculty nationally and internationally
recognized for excellence in research and the advancement of knowledge;

3. Admit as freshmen to the College Park campus highly
qualified students who have academic profiles that suggest exceptional ability; and

4. Provide access to the upper division undergraduate level
of the College Park campus for students who have excelled in completing lower
division study;

(ii) A status report on the University's effort to achieve national
eminence;

(iii) A status report on success in attaining federal research grants,
private gifts, and other sources of nonstate revenue; and

(iv) Other matters in support of institutional priorities as
determined by the Board.

(4) (I) THE BOARDS OF VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MEET
PERIODICALLY WITH THE CHANCELLOR AND BOARD OF REGENTS TO DEVELOP
CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS.

(II) THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF VISITORS SHOULD SERVE
ON COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN ALL
SEARCHES FOR CAMPUS PRESIDENTS.

(g) ' (1) Subsection (e)(5) of this section may not be construed to require any
additional State General Fund support.

(2) The total number of positions authorized under subsection (e)(5) of
this section shall be limited as specified annually in the State budget bill.

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(A) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 11-203(E) OF THE STATE FINANCE AND
PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, THE UNIVERSITY IS EXEMPT FROM DIVISION II OF THE
STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE.