# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 11. Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning

### Subtitle 7. Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program

#### Section 11-705

(a) The Department shall monitor all grants provided under the Maryland EARN Program.

(b) The Department may require that all recipients of strategic industry partnership grants:

  (1) demonstrate an ability to collaborate successfully; and

  (2) include additional provisions in a grant proposal to ensure accountability.

(c) The Department may revoke grant funding from a strategic industry partnership, workforce training program, or partnership member if goals consistent with a grant agreement approved by the Department are not met.

(d) To the extent practicable and consistent with relevant judicial opinions and statutory law, any intellectual property developed as a result of a grant awarded under the Maryland EARN Program shall remain in the public domain.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)