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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-2504" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Hope for Nontraditional Students -- 2+2 Transfer Scholarship Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the annual amount of the 2+2 Transfer Scholarship awarded under this subtitle shall be $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a student who enrolls in a science, teaching, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or nursing program at a public senior higher education institution or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State, the annual amount of the 2+2 Transfer Scholarship awarded under this subtitle shall be $2,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A 2+2 Transfer Scholarship may be used for tuition and mandatory fees for 3 years of study, or six semesters of study, whichever is longer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To retain a 2+2 Transfer Scholarship, the recipient shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Remain a resident of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Continue to be enrolled as an undergraduate student in a degree program at a public senior higher education institution or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Maintain a 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale each academic year the individual is enrolled at a public senior higher education institution or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State or provide evidence satisfactory to the Office of extenuating circumstances; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Maintain the standards of the eligible institution that the individual attends.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
