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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1804" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-Tech) Schools">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A P–TECH student may not be required to pay any cost that is related to enrollment and participation in the Program, including tuition and mandatory fees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>P–TECH students shall be included in the full–time equivalent enrollment under § 5–201 of this article as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Multiply the number of students who are enrolled in the fifth year of the Program by 0.50; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Multiply the number of students who are enrolled in the sixth year of the Program by 0.25.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Student credit hours earned at a community college by a P–TECH student shall be included in the full–time equivalent student calculation established in §§ 16–305 and 16–502 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A P–TECH supplemental college grant is an amount equal to the tuition and mandatory fees that would normally be charged for the classes in which the P–TECH student is enrolled.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The State share of a P–TECH supplemental college grant shall be calculated and distributed by the State to college partners and equals:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>50% for counties that received a grant under § 16–501 of the Local Government Article in the prior fiscal year; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>25% for counties that did not receive a grant under § 16–501 of the Local Government Article in the prior fiscal year.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The local share of a P–TECH supplemental college grant shall be calculated and distributed by a county board to college partners and equals the amount not paid by the State under this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State share of a P–TECH supplemental school grant is not less than $750 per P–TECH student per school year and shall be used for P–TECH school costs.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The State share of a P–TECH supplemental school grant shall be calculated and distributed by the Department to county boards.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A county board that receives a P–TECH supplemental school grant shall match 100% of the State share.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
