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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0904* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 904 | |
| 11 | 8 | F2, E5 2lr3165 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Benson | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Budget and Taxation | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 14, 2022 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | - | Maryland Higher Education Commission – Formerly Incarcerated | |
| 25 | - | ||
| 18 | + | Maryland Higher Education Commission – Formerly Incarcerated Youth Grant 2 | |
| 19 | + | Program – Established 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | - | FOR the purpose of establishing the Formerly Incarcerated | |
| 28 | - | ||
| 29 | - | ||
| 30 | - | ||
| 21 | + | FOR the purpose of establishing the Formerly Incarcerated Youth Grant Program to be 4 | |
| 22 | + | administered by the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Maryland 5 | |
| 23 | + | Higher Education Commission; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation 6 | |
| 24 | + | within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | Department of Juvenile Services to provide certain information to certain 8 | |
| 32 | - | individuals; and generally relating to the Formerly Incarcerated | |
| 33 | - | ||
| 26 | + | individuals; and generally relating to the Formerly Incarcerated Youth Grant 9 | |
| 27 | + | Program. 10 | |
| 34 | 28 | ||
| 35 | 29 | BY adding to 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | Article – Education 12 | |
| 37 | 31 | Section 18–3901 through 18–3904 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 39. 13 | |
| 38 | - | Formerly Incarcerated | |
| 32 | + | Formerly Incarcerated Youth Grant Program” 14 | |
| 39 | 33 | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 | |
| 40 | 34 | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 16 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 | |
| 43 | 37 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | Article – Education 19 | |
| 46 | 40 | ||
| 47 | - | SUBTITLE 39. FORMERLY INCARCERATED RETURNING YOUTH GRANT PROGRAM. 20 | |
| 41 | + | SUBTITLE 39. FORMERLY INCARCERATED YOUTH GRANT PROGRAM. 20 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | 18–3901. 21 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | (A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANING S 22 | |
| 46 | + | INDICATED. 23 | |
| 48 | 47 | 2 SENATE BILL 904 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | - | ||
| 50 | + | (B) “ELIGIBLE STUDENT ” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO : 1 | |
| 52 | 51 | ||
| 53 | - | (A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 2 | |
| 54 | - | INDICATED. 3 | |
| 52 | + | (1) IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE; 2 | |
| 55 | 53 | ||
| 56 | - | ( | |
| 54 | + | (2) IS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS; 3 | |
| 57 | 55 | ||
| 58 | - | ( | |
| 56 | + | (3) (I) HAS BEEN INCARCERATED ; OR 4 | |
| 59 | 57 | ||
| 60 | - | (2) IS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS; 6 | |
| 58 | + | (II) IS INCARCERATED AT TH E TIME OF APPLICATIO N BUT WILL 5 | |
| 59 | + | BE RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER THE DAT E OF THE 6 | |
| 60 | + | APPLICATION; 7 | |
| 61 | 61 | ||
| 62 | - | (3) (I) HAS BEEN INCARCERATED ; OR 7 | |
| 62 | + | (4) WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A FEDER AL PELL GRANT IN THAT YEAR; 8 | |
| 63 | + | AND 9 | |
| 63 | 64 | ||
| 64 | - | (II) IS INCARCERATED AT TH E TIME OF APPLICATIO N BUT WILL 8 | |
| 65 | - | BE RELEASED FROM INC ARCERATION WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER THE DAT E OF THE 9 | |
| 66 | - | APPLICATION; 10 | |
| 65 | + | (5) WILL APPLY FOR A FEDE RAL PELL GRANT IN THAT YEAR . 10 | |
| 67 | 66 | ||
| 68 | - | ( | |
| 69 | - | ||
| 67 | + | (C) “PROGRAM” MEANS THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED YOUTH GRANT 11 | |
| 68 | + | PROGRAM. 12 | |
| 70 | 69 | ||
| 71 | - | ||
| 70 | + | 18–3902. 13 | |
| 72 | 71 | ||
| 73 | - | ( | |
| 74 | - | ||
| 72 | + | (A) (1) THERE IS A FORMERLY INCARCERATED YOUTH GRANT 14 | |
| 73 | + | PROGRAM. 15 | |
| 75 | 74 | ||
| 76 | - | ||
| 75 | + | (2) THE OFFICE SHALL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. 16 | |
| 77 | 76 | ||
| 78 | - | (A) (1) THERE IS A FORMERLY INCARCERATED RETURNING YOUTH 17 | |
| 79 | - | GRANT PROGRAM. 18 | |
| 77 | + | (B) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE TO ELI GIBLE 17 | |
| 78 | + | STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE FEDERAL PELL GRANTS MATCHING STATE FUNDS TO 18 | |
| 79 | + | SUPPORT THE INDIVIDU AL IN ATTENDING AN I NSTITUTION OF POSTSECONDARY 19 | |
| 80 | + | EDUCATION IN THE STATE. 20 | |
| 80 | 81 | ||
| 81 | - | (2) THE OFFICE SHALL ADMINIST ER THE PROGRAM. 19 | |
| 82 | + | (C) AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT M AY APPLY TO THE OFFICE FOR A GRANT UNDER 21 | |
| 83 | + | THE PROGRAM IF THE STUDENT CERTIFIES THAT THE ST UDENT WILL BE ELIGIBLE 22 | |
| 84 | + | AND WILL APPLY FOR A FEDERAL PELL GRANT IN THAT YEAR . 23 | |
| 82 | 85 | ||
| 83 | - | (B) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE TO ELIGIBLE 20 | |
| 84 | - | STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE FEDERAL PELL GRANTS MATCHING STATE FUNDS TO 21 | |
| 85 | - | SUPPORT THE INDIVIDU AL IN ATTENDING AN I NSTITUTION OF POSTSE CONDARY 22 | |
| 86 | - | EDUCATION IN THE STATE. 23 | |
| 86 | + | (D) THE OFFICE SHALL AWARD A GRANT UNDER THE PROGRAM: 24 | |
| 87 | 87 | ||
| 88 | - | (C) AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT M AY APPLY TO THE OFFICE FOR A GRANT UN DER 24 | |
| 89 | - | THE PROGRAM IF THE STUDEN T CERTIFIES THAT THE STUDENT WILL BE ELIG IBLE 25 | |
| 90 | - | AND WILL APPLY FOR A FEDERAL PELL GRANT IN THAT YEAR . 26 | |
| 88 | + | (1) TO EACH ELIGIBLE STUD ENT WHO APPLIES TO THE OFFICE FOR 25 | |
| 89 | + | THE GRANT AND RECEIVES A FEDERAL PELL GRANT IN THAT YEAR; AND 26 | |
| 91 | 90 | ||
| 92 | - | (D) THE OFFICE SHALL AWARD A GRANT UNDER THE PROGRAM: 27 | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 94 | - | (1) TO EACH ELIGIBLE STUD ENT WHO APPLIES TO T HE OFFICE FOR 28 | |
| 95 | - | THE GRANT AND RECEIV ES A FEDERAL PELL GRANT IN THAT YEAR ; AND 29 SENATE BILL 904 3 | |
| 91 | + | (2) IN AN AMOUNT: 27 | |
| 92 | + | SENATE BILL 904 3 | |
| 96 | 93 | ||
| 97 | 94 | ||
| 95 | + | (I) EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT O F THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT 1 | |
| 96 | + | THAT THE ELIGIBLE ST UDENT RECEIVED IN THAT YEAR; BUT 2 | |
| 98 | 97 | ||
| 99 | - | ( | |
| 98 | + | (II) NOT MORE THAN $3,000. 3 | |
| 100 | 99 | ||
| 101 | - | (I) EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT O F THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT 2 | |
| 102 | - | THAT THE ELIGIBLE ST UDENT RECEIVED IN TH AT YEAR; BUT 3 | |
| 100 | + | (E) AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT W HO RECEIVES A GRANT UNDER THE PROGRAM 4 | |
| 101 | + | SHALL USE THE GRANT FOR THE TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES A ND ROOM AND 5 | |
| 102 | + | BOARD FOR ON –CAMPUS HOUSING AT AN INSTITUTION OF POSTSECONDARY 6 | |
| 103 | + | EDUCATION IN THE STATE. 7 | |
| 103 | 104 | ||
| 104 | - | (II) NOT MORE THAN $3,000. 4 | |
| 105 | + | (F) THE OFFICE SHALL DISTRIBUTE A GRANT AWARDED UNDER THE 8 | |
| 106 | + | PROGRAM TO THE INSTITUTION OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN WHICH THE 9 | |
| 107 | + | ELIGIBLE STUDENT WHO RECEIVES THE GRANT IS ENROLLED AT THE SAME TIME AS 10 | |
| 108 | + | FUNDS FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS ARE DISTRIBUTE D. 11 | |
| 105 | 109 | ||
| 106 | - | (E) AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT W HO RECEIVES A GRANT UNDER THE PROGRAM 5 | |
| 107 | - | SHALL MAY USE THE GRANT ONLY FOR THE TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES AND 6 | |
| 108 | - | ROOM AND BOARD FOR O N–CAMPUS HOUSING AT AN INSTITUTION OF 7 | |
| 109 | - | POSTSECONDARY EDUCAT ION IN THE STATE. 8 | |
| 110 | + | 18–3903. 12 | |
| 110 | 111 | ||
| 111 | - | (F) (1) SUBJECT TO THE LIMITA TION UNDER PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS 9 | |
| 112 | - | SUBSECTION, A RECIPIENT OF A GRA NT REMAINS ELIGIBLE FOR SUBSEQUENT 10 | |
| 113 | - | GRANTS IF THE STUDEN T REMAINS IN GOOD ST ANDING WITH THE INST ITUTION OF 11 | |
| 114 | - | POSTSECONDARY EDUCAT ION. 12 | |
| 112 | + | THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF 13 | |
| 113 | + | PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 14 | |
| 114 | + | JUVENILE SERVICES PERIODICALLY SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT TH E 15 | |
| 115 | + | PROGRAM AND THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO M AY BE 16 | |
| 116 | + | ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 17 | |
| 115 | 117 | ||
| 116 | - | (2) A RECIPIENT OF A GRANT MAY NOT RECEIV E A GRANT FOR MORE 13 | |
| 117 | - | THAN 3 YEARS. 14 | |
| 118 | + | 18–3904. 18 | |
| 118 | 119 | ||
| 119 | - | (G) THE OFFICE SHALL DISTRIBU TE A GRANT AWARDED U NDER THE 15 | |
| 120 | - | PROGRAM TO THE INSTIT UTION OF POSTSECONDA RY EDUCATION IN WHIC H THE 16 | |
| 121 | - | ELIGIBLE STUDENT WHO RECEIVES THE GRANT I S ENROLLED AT THE SA ME TIME AS 17 | |
| 122 | - | FUNDS FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS ARE DISTRIBUTE D. 18 | |
| 120 | + | THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 19 | |
| 121 | + | SUBTITLE. 20 | |
| 123 | 122 | ||
| 124 | - | 18–3903. 19 | |
| 125 | - | ||
| 126 | - | THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF 20 | |
| 127 | - | PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 21 | |
| 128 | - | JUVENILE SERVICES PERIODICALLY SHALL PROVIDE INFORM ATION ABOUT THE 22 | |
| 129 | - | PROGRAM AN D THE GRANT APPLICAT ION PROCESS TO INDIV IDUALS WHO MAY BE 23 | |
| 130 | - | ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 24 | |
| 131 | - | ||
| 132 | - | 18–3904. 25 | |
| 133 | - | ||
| 134 | - | THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 26 | |
| 135 | - | SUBTITLE. 27 | |
| 136 | - | ||
| 137 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 28 | |
| 138 | - | 1, 2022. 29 | |
| 139 | - | ||
| 123 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 | |
| 124 | + | 1, 2022. 22 |