Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 18-404
Amount and allocation of scholarship awards
Effective Jul 1, 2019Added by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 253; Acts 1980, c. 122; Acts 1985, c. 13; Acts 1988, c. 246, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1991, c. 462, § 4; Acts 2007, c. 339, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2013, c. 43, § 5; Acts 2016, c. 25, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 160, § 1, eff. April 26, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 23, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 543, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 40, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.State of Maryland
(a)
- (1) Until June 30, 2019, each Senator may award $34,500 of senatorial scholarships each year.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2019, each Senator may award senatorial scholarships each fiscal year in an amount that may not exceed the total of:
- (i) The amount authorized to be awarded the previous year; and
- (ii) The amount of the increase over the previous year in the tuition and mandatory fees of an undergraduate program at the 4-year public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland Global Campus and University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, with the highest annual expenses for a full-time resident undergraduate.
(b)
- (1) The annual allocation under subsection (a) of this section applies to initial-year awards. After 4 years of operation, the annual allocation to each Senator for initial-year and continuing awards may not exceed four times the amount of the Senator's allocation under subsection (a) of this section.
- (2) If a recipient moves to the legislative district of another Senator, the allocation to the recipient shall continue to be drawn on the account of the Senator who originally awarded the scholarship.
(c)
- (1) A senatorial scholarship may be awarded in $100 increments.
- (2) An award for a single year may not be less than $400 or more than the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of an undergraduate program at the 4-year public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland Global Campus and University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, with the highest annual expenses for a full-time resident undergraduate.
Added by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 253; Acts 1980, c. 122; Acts 1985, c. 13; Acts 1988, c. 246, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1991, c. 462, § 4; Acts 2007, c. 339, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2013, c. 43, § 5; Acts 2016, c. 25, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 160, § 1, eff. April 26, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 23, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 543, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 40, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.