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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0089* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 89 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F2 2lr1142 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Ellis |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: November 1, 2021 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | University System of Maryland – Regional Higher Education Center – Charles 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | County 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | to adopt and implement a plan to establish a regional higher education center in 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Charles County on or before certain dates; and generally relating to regional higher 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | education centers. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Education 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 12–124 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Education 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12–124. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) (1) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2023, THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ADOPT A PLAN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL HIGHER ED UCATION CENTER LOCAT ED 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | IN CHARLES COUNTY. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) THE PURPOSE OF THE RE GIONAL HIGHER EDUCAT ION CENTER IS 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | TO PROVIDE STUDENTS IN CHARLES COUNTY WITH ACCESS TO ESTABLISHED, 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | CUTTING–EDGE, AND HIGH–DEMAND ACADEMIC PROG RAMS OF DEGREE –GRANTING 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | INSTITUTIONS. 23 2 SENATE BILL 89 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) (1) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2028, THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | IMPLEMENT THE PLAN A DOPTED UNDER SUBSECT ION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) FUNDING FOR THE REGIO NAL HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER IN 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | CHARLES COUNTY SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET . 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 1, 2022. 6 |
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