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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-1704" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Funds for the Program shall be provided on an annual basis in the State budget in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning in fiscal year 2028, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program that is at least 125% of the appropriation provided in fiscal year 2026.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The appropriation shall include funding for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County that is at least 125% of the funding provided in fiscal year 2026 for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Governor’s Summer Internship Program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Sondheim Maryland Nonprofit Leadership Internship Program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Sondheim Public Service Law Fellows Program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Governor may provide funding in the State budget to the Shriver Center to administer the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
