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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-501" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Delegate Scholarships">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a program of Delegate Scholarships in this State that are awarded under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A scholarship awarded under this subtitle may be used at:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An eligible institution for a program of undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An accredited undergraduate, graduate, or professional institution outside the State, if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Will be studying in an academic area that is not offered in a program that is accredited by a national accrediting association approved by the United States Department of Education in any institution in this State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is disabled and will be studying at an institution outside the State that makes special provisions for disabled students that are not available to the applicant at an institution in the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is an active service member or the spouse of an active service member who is domiciled in this State; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A private career school within the State that is approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission under § 11–202 of this article and that is accredited by a national accrediting association that is approved by the United States Department of Education.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Money appropriated to the Commission for scholarships awarded under this section that is not used by the end of the fiscal year shall be retained by the Commission for use by the awarding Delegate in the Delegate Scholarship Program during subsequent fiscal years.</text>
  </level>
</section>
