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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-102" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Commission Established and Organized">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission consists of 12 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>One member of the Commission shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A regularly enrolled student in good standing at a Maryland institution of higher education to which the Commission has issued a certificate of approval under this title or that may operate without a certificate of approval under § 11–202.1 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A resident of Maryland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To the extent possible, the position of student member shall be rotated among all segments of higher education on an equal basis.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The student member may not be the Chairperson of the Student Advisory Council.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In making appointments to the Commission, the Governor shall consider representation from all parts of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the members of the Commission shall be residents of the State and shall be appointed from the general public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except for the student member, each member of the Commission serves for a term of 5 years and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The student member serves for a term of 1 year, beginning July 1 and ending June 30, and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term serves only for the remainder of that term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except for the student member, a member may be reappointed but may not serve more than 2 consecutive full terms.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each member of the Commission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Serves without compensation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is entitled to reimbursement for expenses in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>During a term of service on the Commission, a member may not be employed, except for the student member as a part-time student employee, by any agency or institution of postsecondary education or be a member of the governing board of any agency or institution of postsecondary education that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
</section>
