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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-3504" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="35" subtitle_name="Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, for 1 year for each year that the recipient receives a scholarship under this subtitle, a scholarship recipient shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Work in the State in the cybersecurity field for a:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <level label="A">
            <text>Local education agency;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Public high school; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Community college; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Unit of:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>State government;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>County government; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>City or municipal government; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Teach in the State in an education program that is directly relevant to cybersecurity in:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A public high school; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A community college.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the Office shall adopt guidelines on or before January 1, 2023, establishing a work obligation, appropriately prorated, for a scholarship recipient who receives a scholarship as a part–time student.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The work obligation for a part–time student shall equal the amount of time needed for an equivalent full–time student to complete the certification.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The work obligation for a part–time student may not exceed 3 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In accordance with § 18–112 of this title, a scholarship recipient shall repay the Commission the funds received under this subtitle if the recipient does not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Earn credit as a full–time student as defined in regulations adopted by the Office for the Program or as a part–time student as required in § 18–3503(f) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Complete an approved degree or certificate program that is directly relevant to cybersecurity at an eligible institution; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Perform the work obligation required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a recipient shall begin repayment at any time during the period that the recipient is no longer performing the work obligation required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, repayment shall be made to the State within 6 years after the repayment period begins and shall follow a repayment schedule established by the Office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Office may waive or defer repayment in the event of disability or extended sickness that prevents the recipient from fulfilling the work obligation required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
