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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="11-705" title_number="11" title_name="Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall monitor all grants provided under the Maryland EARN Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may require that all recipients of strategic industry partnership grants:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>demonstrate an ability to collaborate successfully; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>include additional provisions in a grant proposal to ensure accountability.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
