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<subtitle article="ged" title_number="11" subtitle_number="16" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_name="Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities">
  <section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-1601" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities">
    <level label="a">
      <text>This section does not apply to an institution of higher education that does not have an athletic program or administer athletic activities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>On or before October 1, 2019, each institution of higher education shall develop and adopt a written policy for receiving and addressing student concerns about the institution’s athletic programs and activities that includes:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>A process through which students can share concerns about the institution’s athletic programs and activities with the institution’s administration, including senior officials within the administration who are not directly involved with the management of athletic programs or activities;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>An option for students to submit their concerns confidentially; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>A prohibition on retaliating or discriminating against students who share their concerns under the policy.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>An institution of higher education may make changes to the policy if the changes meet the requirements of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Each institution of higher education shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Post the policy and any changes to the policy on the institution’s website; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Ensure that each student who participates in the institution’s athletic programs or activities has a copy of the policy and any changes to the policy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>Each institution of higher education shall submit to the Commission and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>On or before October 1, 2019, the written policy adopted in accordance with subsection (b)(1) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Any changes to the policy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <level label="1">
        <text>On or before July 1, 2020, and each July 1 thereafter, each institution of higher education shall report to the Commission on the number of students who shared concerns under the institution’s policy during the immediately preceding fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>On or before August 1, 2020, and each August 1 thereafter, the Commission shall report, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee a summary of the submissions under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-1602" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities">
    <text>This subtitle may be cited as the Jordan McNair Act.</text>
  </section>
</subtitle>