Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB772 Compare Versions

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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.
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7	7	SENATE BILL 772
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9	9	CF HB 980
10	10	By: Senators Gile, Carozza, Rosapepe, Salling, Simonaire, and Waldstreicher
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Higher Education – Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship 2
19	19	Program – Eligibility 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy 4
22	22	Memorial Scholarship Program to include certain individuals; authorizing certain 5
23	23	methods for verifying eligibility for the Program; and generally relating to the 6
24	24	Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program. 7
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26	26	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
27	27	Article – Education 9
28	28	Section 18–601(c)(1) 10
29	29	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
30	30	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
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32	32	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
33	33	Article – Education 14
34	34	Section 18–601(d)(2) and (f)(1) 15
35	35	Annotated Code of Maryland 16
36	36	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
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38	38	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
39	39	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
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41	41	Article – Education 20
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43	43	18–601. 21
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45	45	(c) (1) The program for military and public safety personnel and their eligible 22
46	46	dependents is the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program. 23
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50	50	(d) (2) To apply for a scholarship under this section, the following persons are 1
51	51	required to be a resident of Maryland at the time of application or at the time of the 2
52	52	disabling or fatal event: 3
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54	54	(i) A son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, or the surviving spouse 4
55	55	of a member of the armed forces who: 5
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57	57	1. Died as a result of military service after December 7, 1941; 6
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59	59	2. Suffered a service connected 100% permanent disability 7
60	60	after December 7, 1941; or 8
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62	62	3. Was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, 9
63	63	if that occurred on or after January 1, 1960, as a result of the Vietnam conflict, and if the 10
64	64	child was born prior to or while the parent was a prisoner of war or missing in action; 11
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66	66	(ii) A prisoner of war or missing in action, if that occurred on or after 12
67	67	January 1, 1960, as a result of the Vietnam conflict and was a resident of this State at the 13
68	68	time the person was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action; 14
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70	70	(iii) A veteran, as defined under § 9–901 of the State Government 15
71	71	Article, who: 16
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73	73	1. Suffers a service connected disability of 25% or greater; 17
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76	76	2. Has exhausted or is no longer eligible for federal veterans’ 19
77	77	educational benefits; 20
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79	79	(iv) A son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter of or the surviving 21
80	80	spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; 22
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82	82	(v) A son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter of a school employee 23
83	83	who, as a result of an act of violence: 24
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85	85	1. Died in the line of duty; or 25
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87	87	2. Sustained an injury in the line of duty that rendered the 26
88	88	school employee 100% disabled; [or] 27
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90	90	(vi) The surviving spouse of a school employee who, as a result of an 28
91	91	act of violence: 29
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93	93	1. Died in the line of duty; or 30
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95	95	2. Sustained an injury in the line of duty that rendered the 31
96	96	school employee 100% disabled; OR 32 SENATE BILL 772 3
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100	100	(VII) A SON, DAUGHTER, OR STEPCHILD OR THE SURVIVING 1
101	101	SPOUSE OF A MEMBER O F THE ARMED FORCES O F THE UNITED STATES WHO, AS A 2
102	102	RESULT OF THE VETERA N’S DISABILITY RATING , IS OR WAS ELIGIBLE , AT THE TIME 3
103	103	OF THE APPLICATION , FOR THE CHAPTER 35 SURVIVORS’ DEPENDENTS’ 4
104	104	EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT , AS DETERMI NED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT 5
105	105	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 6
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107	107	(f) (1) (I) Each postsecondary institution shall determine the eligibility of 7
108	108	persons who apply to the institution for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship 8
109	109	Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program. 9
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111	111	(II) TO DETERMINE THE ELIG IBILITY OF PERSONS W HO APPLY 10
112	112	TO A POSTSECONDARY I NSTITUTION FOR THE EDWARD T. AND MARY A. CONROY 11
113	113	MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AN APPLICANT MAY SUB MIT A COPY OF THE 12
114	114	APPLICANT’S CERTIFICATE OF ELI GIBILITY FOR THE CHAPTER 35 SURVIVORS’ AND 13
115	115	DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT . 14
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117	117	(III) IF AN APPLICANT IS UN ABLE TO OBTAIN A CER TIFICATE OF 15
118	118	ELIGIBILITY UNDER SU BPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , A SCHOOL 16
119	119	CERTIFYING OFFICIAL OR AN INSTITUTIONAL LIAISON MAY VERIFY THAT THE 17
120	120	APPLICANT IS OR WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE CHAPTER 35 SURVIVORS’ AND 18
121	121	DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT . 19
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123	123	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
124	124	1, 2025. 21
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