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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-3601" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="36" subtitle_name="Maryland Community College Promise Scholarships">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Annual adjusted gross income” means the total of the combined adjusted gross income of the applicant and the applicant’s parents, or the applicant and the applicant’s spouse if the applicant is married, as reported on the most recent federal or State income tax return.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Award” means a scholarship award from the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Community college” includes Baltimore City Community College.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Local promise scholarship” means a community college scholarship program in effect on July 1, 2018, that provides a scholarship to any high school senior who is eligible for enrollment at the community college.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Tuition” means the basic instructional charge for courses offered at a community college.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Tuition” includes any fees for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Registration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Laboratory work; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Other mandatory fees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Tuition” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Costs associated with the parts of a registered apprenticeship that take place at a location that is not a community college; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any fees for room and board that are related to an on–campus residential facility for students.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
