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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-3503" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="35" subtitle_name="Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office shall administer the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual may apply to the Office for a scholarship under this subtitle if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is eligible for in–State tuition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, is a student who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is enrolled full–time at an eligible institution in an approved degree or certificate program that is directly relevant to cybersecurity; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is within 3 years of graduation from the individual’s degree or certificate program;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has maintained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Has not received a federal CyberCorps Scholarship for Service; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Has applied for but has not received a federal CyberCorps Scholarship for Service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A scholarship award under this subtitle may be used at any eligible institution to pay for education expenses as defined by the Office, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Tuition and mandatory fees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Room and board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A scholarship recipient shall maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, each recipient of a scholarship under this subtitle may hold the award for 3 years of full–time study.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning with the 2023–2024 Program application period, a part–time student may apply to the Office for a scholarship under this subtitle in accordance with regulations adopted by the Office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each recipient of a scholarship under this subtitle may hold the award for 6 years if the recipient:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is a part–time student;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Continues to be eligible for in–State tuition under this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Continues to be a student at the institution and takes at least 6 semester hours of courses each semester leading to a degree or certificate that is directly relevant to cybersecurity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Office shall determine an award amount that is appropriately prorated for the part–time status of the student.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On or before January 1, 2023, the Office shall adopt regulations to administer the Program for part–time students.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Department shall provide information on the Program to high school students who participate in career and technology education programs related to cybersecurity.</text>
  </level>
</section>
