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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-1504" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Funds for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program described in subsection (b)(2) of this section shall be allocated by the Commission to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has received a graduate degree from a school of law; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has submitted an application for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program that the Commission disapproved due to insufficient funds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Funds for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be provided on an annual basis in the State budget; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Include money paid to the Program from the fee charged for a special admission of an out–of–state attorney under § 7–202(f) of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a federal matching grant loan program furnishes professional services in an eligible field of employment to low–income or underserved residents of the State, the Office may apply not more than 50 percent of the funds provided in the State budget for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to the State’s participation in the federal program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
