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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-3603.1" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="36" subtitle_name="Maryland Community College Promise Scholarships">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A community college shall verify the eligibility of an applicant for a Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship award in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A community college shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Verify that an applicant qualifies for a Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship award under the requirements of § 18–3603 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Evaluate the applicant’s income eligibility using federal standards for verification and in accordance with income eligibility criteria established by the Office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Maintain records used by the community college to determine the eligibility of applicants for not less than a period of 5 years after the end date of the award year associated with the student’s last award; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Provide the Commission with an audit, in accordance with rules adopted by the Commission, to show that awards verified and administered under this section have been made properly.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A verification obtained by an applicant under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection may be used at another community college.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Office shall review the audit provided to the Commission under subsection (b)(1)(iv) of this section not less than once every 3 years to verify that recipients met the eligibility requirements for an award.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the Office determines that a community college made an incorrect award to an ineligible student, the community college shall remit to the Commission the total amount of the award made in error.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Commission shall pay all amounts received under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph to the Need–based Student Financial Assistance Fund under § 18–107 of this title.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The community college may not require a student to repay the community college for an incorrect award made from the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
