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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 | *sb0597* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 597 | |
| 11 | 8 | F2 5lr2378 | |
| 12 | 9 | CF HB 704 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senators Corderman and McKay | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 16, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
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| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Higher Education – Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | – Eligible Institutions 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | Scholarship Program to include certain students attending a certain institution in 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | the State; and generally relating to the Maryland Graduate and Professional 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | Scholarship Program. 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – Education 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 18–2601 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 37 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 32 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | Article – Education 15 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | 18–2601. 16 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | (a) In cooperation with the institutions of higher education in the State, the 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | Commission shall establish and administer a Graduate and Professional Scholarship 18 | |
| 47 | 41 | Program to provide financial assistance to full–time and part–time students in the fields of 19 | |
| 48 | - | medicine, dentistry, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work, and veterinary medicine. 20 2 SENATE BILL 597 | |
| 42 | + | medicine, dentistry, law, pharmacy, nursing, social work, and veterinary medicine. 20 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (b) A recipient of a graduate and professional scholarship shall: 21 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (1) Be a resident of the State; 22 | |
| 47 | + | 2 SENATE BILL 597 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | (2) Demonstrate financial need according to criteria established by the 1 | |
| 51 | + | Commission; and 2 | |
| 51 | 52 | ||
| 52 | - | ( | |
| 53 | + | (3) Attend one of the following institutions: 3 | |
| 53 | 54 | ||
| 54 | - | ( | |
| 55 | + | (i) The University of Maryland School of: 4 | |
| 55 | 56 | ||
| 56 | - | (2) Demonstrate financial need according to criteria established by the 3 | |
| 57 | - | Commission; and 4 | |
| 57 | + | 1. Medicine; 5 | |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | - | | |
| 59 | + | 2. Dentistry; 6 | |
| 60 | 60 | ||
| 61 | - | | |
| 61 | + | 3. Law; 7 | |
| 62 | 62 | ||
| 63 | - | | |
| 63 | + | 4. Pharmacy; or 8 | |
| 64 | 64 | ||
| 65 | - | | |
| 65 | + | 5. Social Work; 9 | |
| 66 | 66 | ||
| 67 | - | | |
| 67 | + | (ii) The University of Baltimore School of Law; 10 | |
| 68 | 68 | ||
| 69 | - | | |
| 69 | + | (iii) The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 11 | |
| 70 | 70 | ||
| 71 | - | | |
| 71 | + | (iv) Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; 12 | |
| 72 | 72 | ||
| 73 | - | ( | |
| 73 | + | (V) THE MERITUS SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; 13 | |
| 74 | 74 | ||
| 75 | - | (iii) The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 13 | |
| 75 | + | [(v)] (VI) Any institution of higher education in the State offering a 14 | |
| 76 | + | master’s degree in nursing; 15 | |
| 76 | 77 | ||
| 77 | - | (iv) Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; 14 | |
| 78 | + | [(vi)] (VII) Any institution of higher education in the State offering a 16 | |
| 79 | + | master’s degree in social work; or 17 | |
| 78 | 80 | ||
| 79 | - | (V) THE MERITUS SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; 15 | |
| 81 | + | [(vii)] (VIII) Any institution of higher education in the State offering a 18 | |
| 82 | + | first professional degree in pharmacy. 19 | |
| 80 | 83 | ||
| 81 | - | ||
| 82 | - | ||
| 84 | + | (c) A graduate and professional scholarship award for a single school year may 20 | |
| 85 | + | not be less than $1,000 or more than $5,000. 21 | |
| 83 | 86 | ||
| 84 | - | [(vi)] (VII) Any institution of higher education in the State offering a 18 | |
| 85 | - | master’s degree in social work; or 19 | |
| 87 | + | (d) A recipient may not receive an award for longer than 8 semesters. 22 | |
| 86 | 88 | ||
| 87 | - | [(vii)] (VIII) Any institution of higher education in the State offering a 20 | |
| 88 | - | first professional degree in pharmacy. 21 | |
| 89 | + | (e) (1) The Commission shall allocate grants for the Program to the 23 | |
| 90 | + | institutions of higher education specified in subsection (b)(3) of this section based on the 24 | |
| 91 | + | proportion of State residents enrolled in eligible programs at each institution. 25 | |
| 89 | 92 | ||
| 90 | - | (c) A graduate and professional scholarship award for a single school year may 22 | |
| 91 | - | not be less than $1,000 or more than $5,000. 23 | |
| 92 | - | ||
| 93 | - | (d) A recipient may not receive an award for longer than 8 semesters. 24 | |
| 94 | - | ||
| 95 | - | (e) (1) The Commission shall allocate grants for the Program to the 25 | |
| 96 | - | institutions of higher education specified in subsection (b)(3) of this section based on the 26 | |
| 97 | - | proportion of State residents enrolled in eligible programs at each institution. 27 SENATE BILL 597 3 | |
| 93 | + | (2) An institution of higher education that receives a grant under this 26 | |
| 94 | + | section shall provide the Commission with an annual audit describing the disposition of the 27 | |
| 95 | + | funds. 28 | |
| 96 | + | SENATE BILL 597 3 | |
| 98 | 97 | ||
| 99 | 98 | ||
| 99 | + | (f) The Commission shall: 1 | |
| 100 | 100 | ||
| 101 | - | (2) An institution of higher education that receives a grant under this 1 | |
| 102 | - | section shall provide the Commission with an annual audit describing the disposition of the 2 | |
| 103 | - | funds. 3 | |
| 101 | + | (1) Establish guidelines for the awarding of graduate and professional 2 | |
| 102 | + | scholarships by the institutions of higher education to the students; and 3 | |
| 104 | 103 | ||
| 105 | - | ( | |
| 104 | + | (2) Adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of this section. 4 | |
| 106 | 105 | ||
| 107 | - | ( | |
| 108 | - | ||
| 106 | + | (g) Funds for the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program shall 5 | |
| 107 | + | be as provided in the State budget. 6 | |
| 109 | 108 | ||
| 110 | - | (2) Adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of this section. 7 | |
| 109 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7 | |
| 110 | + | 1, 2025. 8 | |
| 111 | 111 | ||
| 112 | - | (g) Funds for the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program shall 8 | |
| 113 | - | be as provided in the State budget. 9 | |
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10 | |
| 116 | - | 1, 2025. 11 | |
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| 121 | - | Approved: | |
| 122 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 123 | - | Governor. | |
| 124 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 125 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 126 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 127 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |