# Education (GED)

## Title 18. Student Financial Assistance

### Subtitle 3. Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Awards Program

#### Section 18-301

(a) There is a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Program of Educational Excellence Awards in this State that are awarded under this subtitle.

(b) The Program shall consist of the following types of awards:

  (1) Guaranteed Access Grants that are awarded to the neediest students to ensure that 100 percent of educational costs, as defined by regulations adopted by the Commission, are paid; and

  (2) Educational Assistance Grants that are awarded to low and moderate income students to assist in paying educational costs, as defined by regulations adopted by the Commission.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)