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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="9.7-109" title_number="9.7" title_name="Adult High School Pilot Program" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Beginning October 1, 2018, and on or before October 1 each year thereafter, the operator of a pilot shall submit to the Department and the Maryland Department of Labor the following information for the prior fiscal year:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whether students enrolled in the pilot are on track for completion in a time determined to be reasonable by the Advisory Board of the pilot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The academic levels of the students at the time of enrollment in the pilot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The number of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Credits students completed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Students who completed and graduated from the pilot;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The academic progress of the students as measured by the student intake assessment instrument and the assessment instrument used;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The graduation rate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The number of postsecondary education credits earned and the types of credits sought;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The number of industry credentials earned and the types of industry credentials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Any reported postgraduation employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2020, the Department and the Maryland Department of Labor shall jointly submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An evaluation of each pilot approved under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A recommendation as to expansion, continuation, modifications to, or termination of the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Demographic information on student enrollment under the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The fiscal solvency of the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
