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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="26-504" title_number="26" title_name="Prohibitions and Penalties" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Consideration of Criminal History in the Admissions Process">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 26–505 of this subtitle, an institution of higher education may make inquiries into and consider information about a student’s criminal history for the purpose of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Making decisions regarding access to campus residency; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Offering supportive counseling or services to help rehabilitate and educate the student on barriers a criminal record may present.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in making inquiries or considering information under this section, an institution of higher education may not automatically or unreasonably restrict a student’s access to campus residency based on that student’s criminal history.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An institution of higher education may develop a process for determining or restricting access to campus residency for a student who has been convicted of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A sexual crime under Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A crime of violence under Title 14 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A substantially similar crime in another state.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
