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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="15-127" title_number="15" title_name="Public Institutions of Higher Education" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “dually enrolled student” means a student who is dually enrolled in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A secondary school in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An institution of higher education in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Dually enrolled student” includes a student enrolled in a credit or noncredit certificate or license program, course, or sequence of courses that leads to certification or licensure at an institution of higher education in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A public institution of higher education may not charge tuition to a dually enrolled student.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to subsection (d) of this section, for each dually enrolled student who is enrolled in a public school in the county, the county board shall pay 75% of the cost of tuition for a public institution of higher education in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If there is an agreement before July 1, 2020, between a public school and a public institution of higher education in which the public institution of higher education charges less than 75% of the cost of tuition to a dually enrolled student, the county board shall pay the cost of tuition under the existing agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Every 2 years, a public school and a public institution of higher education may evaluate and modify an agreement made under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
