- A. The governing body of a regional higher education center may submit to the Commission a request for proposals for the offering of a baccalaureate degree program at a center in accordance with §C of this regulation.
- B. A board of trustees of a community college may submit to the Commission a request for proposals for the offering of a baccalaureate degree program not currently offered in the region in accordance with §C of this regulation.
C. Before submitting a request for proposals to the Commission, a regional higher education center or a community college shall:
- (1) Seek input from students, workforce development councils, and other civic, educational, community, and business groups when assessing the educational needs of the region;
- (2) Determine the regional or Statewide need for graduates of each program for which a request for proposals is submitted;
- (3) Identify the enrollment patterns, special characteristics of students, and other unique circumstances that would require a program to be offered in a particular manner; and
- (4) Determine that the degree program is necessary to meet the academic and economic development needs of the region or State.
- D. Upon receiving a request for proposals for the offering of a baccalaureate degree program from the governing body of a regional higher education center or board of trustees of a community college, the Commission shall circulate that request to the public and nonpublic senior higher education institutions in the State within 30 days of having received the request.
- E. In consultation with the Commission, the governing body of the regional higher education center or board of trustees of the community college making the request may accept or reject a proposal for offering a baccalaureate degree program submitted by a public or nonpublic senior higher education institution in accordance with §D of this regulation.
- F. If none of the public and nonpublic senior higher education institutions in the State submits an acceptable response to the request for proposals circulated by the Commission within a 30-day period, the governing body of the regional higher education center or board of trustees of the community college making the request may submit the request for proposals to one or more out-of-State senior higher education institutions.
- G. Before offering the degree program that is the subject of the request for proposals, an out-of-State senior higher education institution shall seek the approval of the Commission under Education Article, Title 11, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the procedures in Regulation .04 of this chapter.
Authority: Education Article, §§10-212, 11-105, 11-201—11-207, and 16-108, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 27, 1979 (6:15 Md. R. 1285)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 13.50.02 to 13B.02.01
Regulations .01—.05 repealed and new Regulations .01—.21 adopted effective January 12, 1998 (25:1 Md. R. 16)
Regulation .02B amended effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 790); December 22, 2003 (30:25 Md. R. 1850); December 31, 2007 (34:26 Md. R. 2263)
Regulation .21A amended effective December 22, 2003 (30:25 Md. R. 1850)
Regulation .22 adopted effective December 31, 2007 (34:26 Md. R. 2263)
Chapter revised effective April 20, 2009 (36:8 Md. R. 597)
Regulation .02E adopted effective December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1545)
Regulation .03B amended effective November 24, 2014 (41:23 Md. R. 1375); December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1545); May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)
Regulation .04 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 788); amended permanently effective October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1279)
Regulation .04-1 adopted effective November 24, 2014 (41:23 Md. R. 1375)
Regulation .04-1 amended effective December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1545)
Regulation .05B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 788); amended permanently effective October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1279)
Regulation .07D amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 788); amended permanently effective October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1279)
Regulation .07F amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)
Regulation .07-1 adopted effective December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1545)
Regulation .08B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 788); amended permanently effective October 17, 2011 (38:21 Md. R. 1279)
Regulation .12 amended effective October 13, 2025 (52:20 Md. R. 1002)
Regulation .21 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)