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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="15-133" 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 the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Collaborative” means the Legal Education Success Collaborative.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Maryland HBCU” means the following historically black colleges and universities:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Bowie State University;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Coppin State University;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Morgan State University; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>University of Maryland Eastern Shore.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Scholars program” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The University of Baltimore School of Law and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Student Pipeline Cooperative scholars; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The University of Maryland School of Law Diversity and Inclusion scholars.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“UB Law and HBCU Cooperative” means the University of Baltimore School of Law and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Student Pipeline Cooperative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Legal Education Success Collaborative between the University of Baltimore School of Law, the University of Maryland School of Law, and the Maryland historically black colleges and universities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Collaborative is to increase diversity in the legal field through:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Financial support, academic success, professional development, and mentoring opportunities for students participating in the scholars program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The UB Law and HBCU Cooperative that prepares Maryland HBCU students for law school and provides academic support and assistance to students in law school and throughout their legal careers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The University of Maryland School of Law Diversity and Inclusion scholars program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The UB Law and HBCU Cooperative shall be developed and administered by the University of Baltimore School of Law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The University of Maryland School of Law Diversity and Inclusion scholars program shall be developed and administered by the University of Maryland School of Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>For fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $125,000 to each scholars program at the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Maryland School of Law; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Maryland School of Law each shall provide funding for the scholars program to match the amount provided under item (1) of this subsection, up to $125,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The money appropriated under subsection (e) of this section is supplemental to and may not supplant funding that would otherwise be appropriated for the scholars program, Maryland HBCUs, the University of Baltimore, or the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus.</text>
  </level>
</section>
