1. A. Full-Time Employment. For purposes of this regulation, “full-time employment” means employment for at least 35 hours per week.
2. B. Use of Scholarship. A scholarship shall be used solely for education expenses to attend an eligible institution.

3. C. As a precondition of receiving a scholarship, a recipient shall provide a promissory note and shall enter into a written agreement with the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, requiring the recipient to:

   1. (1) Earn credit as a full-time or part-time student;
   2. (2) Complete the cybersecurity program for which the recipient received the scholarship; and
   3. (3) Perform the service obligation described in §D of this regulation.

4. D. Service Obligation.

   1. (1) For each semester that the recipient receives a scholarship, the recipient shall, for the time period specified in this section:

      1. (a) Maintain full-time employment in the State in the cybersecurity field for a:

         1. (i) Local educational agency;
         2. (ii) Public high school;
         3. (iii) Community college; or
         4. (iv) A unit of State, county, city or municipal government; or

      2. (b) Teach full-time in the State in an education program that is directly relevant to cybersecurity in a:

         1. (i) Public high school; or
         2. (ii) Community college.
   2. (2) A full-time student shall perform the service obligation for 6 months for each semester the student received the scholarship.
   3. (3) A part-time student shall perform the service obligation for 3 months for each semester the student received the scholarship.
   4. (4) Regardless of whether a recipient was enrolled as a full-time student or part-time student, the work obligation for the recipient shall not exceed 3 years for full-time employment.

Authority: Education Article, §§11-105(u), 18-204(c), 18-3503, and 18-3506, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 25, 2019 (46:6 Md. R. 347)

Regulation .02B amended effective November 18, 2019 (46:23 Md. R. 1067); January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .03B amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .04C, D amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .05 amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .06 amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .07 amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .08 amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .09C, D amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .10 amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .11B amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .11F repealed effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .13 amended effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 24)