(b) Each recipient of an Educational Excellence Award who is enrolled in an
associate degree program as permitted in § 18-303(b)(1) of this subtitle may hold the
award for 3 years if the same conditions of subsection (a) of this section are met.

(c) Each recipient of an Educational Excellence Award may hold the award for
a 5th year if the recipient:

(1) Is enrolled in an academic program that, as determined by the
institution, requires 5 years to complete; or

(2) Provides evidence, satisfactory to the State Scholarship
Administration, of extenuating financial, academic, or other circumstances that
prevent the recipient from completing the academic program in 4 years.

(d) [Each recipient of an Educational Excellence Award shall, upon
completion of the freshman year, have achieved a grade point average of at least 2.6
on a 4.0 scale, and maintain this minimum grade point average throughout the
remainder of the award or, failing to do so, provide evidence satisfactory to the State
Scholarship Administration of extenuating circumstances.

(e) ] In addition to the requirements for renewal of an Educational Excellence
Award under subsections (a), (b), AND (c)[, and (d)] of this section, a recipient of a
Guaranteed Access Grant shall hold the grant for not more than 5 consecutive years
or, failing to do so, provide evidence satisfactory to the State Scholarship
Administration of extenuating circumstances.

18-701.

(d) [A] EXCEPT FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS GRANTED UNDER
§ 18-301 OF THIS TITLE, A recipient of a grant under this subtitle may not receive any
other form of State-sponsored financial assistance.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 695
(House Bill 1196)

AN ACT concerning

Community Colleges - College of Southern Maryland

FOR the purpose of creating the College of Southern Maryland as a successor to the
Charles County Community College; creating a Board of Trustees for the
governance of the College of Southern Maryland; providing for membership on
the Board of Trustees; specifying the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees;
specifying the duties of the president of the College of Southern Maryland;
providing for a budget for the operation of the College of Southern Maryland;