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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 13B.02.06.06" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="06" heading="Requirements for the Financial Guarantee.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Subject to §E of this regulation, each school annually shall provide the financial guarantee described in §§B and C of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A financial guarantee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be in the form and amount the Secretary requires, which shall be no less than the amount described in §C of this regulation, and may be greater than the amount described in §C of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall be between the Commission and the surety;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shall be made payable to the Secretary on behalf of the Commission; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Shall be made under the terms and conditions determined by the Secretary, including the conditions that the institution will:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Faithfully comply with all agreements and contracts that it makes with a student; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Comply with Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Amount of Guarantee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>By each December 1, a school shall provide to the Commission a financial guarantee in an amount equal to the school’s non-Title IV adjusted gross tuition and fees for the prior July 1 through June 30.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Secretary may require a school to increase the amount of the school's financial guarantee pursuant to Education Article, §11-203, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>