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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-1401" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Part-Time Grant Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “part–time student” means a student who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is enrolled in a degree–granting program at an eligible institution and taking at least 3 but no more than 11 semester hours of courses each semester; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is dually enrolled in a secondary school in the State and an institution of higher education.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In cooperation with the institutions of higher education in the State, the Commission shall establish and administer a grant program for undergraduate part–time students.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A recipient of a part–time grant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in § 18–1401.1 of this subtitle, be a resident of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have demonstrated a definite financial need according to criteria established by the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>For courses completed under the program, a recipient who is dually enrolled in a secondary school in the State and an institution of higher education may not be required to receive credit from a secondary school and an institution of higher education at the same time.</text>
  </level>
</section>
