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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-1503" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office of Student Financial Assistance shall adopt regulations to establish:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The maximum starting income for eligibility in the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The maximum total income for eligibility in the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program, including any additional sources of income;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>That priority for participation in the Program shall be given to an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Graduated from an institution of higher education in the last 3 years;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is a resident of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is employed on a full–time basis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Provides, as the principal part of the individual’s employment, legal services to low–income residents in the State who cannot afford legal services, nursing services in nursing shortage areas in the State as defined in § 18–802 of this title, or other services in an eligible field of employment in which there is a shortage of qualified practitioners to low–income or underserved residents or areas of the State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>For teacher, mental health professional, and school nurse applicants only, qualifies for a Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A limit on the total amount of assistance provided by the Office of Student Financial Assistance in repaying the loan of an eligible individual, based on the individual’s total income and outstanding higher education loan balance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A procedure and schedule for the monthly or annual payment of the amount of loan assistance provided by the Office of Student Financial Assistance to the eligible individual, as appropriate to assist an eligible individual in meeting loan forgiveness program requirements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A requirement that an eligible individual apply to federal loan forgiveness programs for which the individual may qualify;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A requirement that an eligible individual notify the Office of Student Financial Assistance if the individual receives other loan repayment assistance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>An annual review of the eligibility of each individual participating in the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Office of Student Financial Assistance shall adopt any other regulations necessary to implement this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
