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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-2205" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="22" subtitle_name="Maryland Teacher Scholarships">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The annual scholarship award shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>At a public senior higher education institution in the State that has a department, school, or college of education, 100% of the equivalent annual tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate, at the public senior higher education institution; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, at a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State that has a department, school, or college of education, an amount equal to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The lesser of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>100% of the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate, at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>50% of the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate or graduate student, as appropriate, at the eligible private nonprofit institution of higher education; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>100% of the room and board of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate, at the eligible private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A private nonprofit institution of higher education shall provide a matching scholarship award in an amount equal to the award calculated in subsection (a)(2)(i) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
