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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 13B.08.04.06" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="04" heading="Selection Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Each Maryland State Senator shall establish a selection process for the award of the Senator’s scholarships.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A Senator shall consider the financial need of each applicant, of which the Senator shall be the final judge.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) shall provide to each Senator an application information sheet for each applicant, student labels, and an applicant roster.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>OSFA shall forward information received from the U.S. Department of Education concerning an applicant’s eligibility for federal student aid programs, based on the applicant’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), to the applicant's Senator.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>OSFA shall forward an applicant roster to each Senator containing the following information for each applicant residing in the Senator’s legislative district who has filed a FASFA:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Applicant name, address, telephone number, sex, and marital status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Applicant's family contribution towards college;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Applicant's expected remaining financial need;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>College code and the cost of attending that institution;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Year in college and whether the applicant is planning to live with parents or on or off campus; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Any tentative awards for the current academic year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>OSFA shall send an initial applicant roster to each Senator at the end of April, listing all applicants who filed a FAFSA by March 1.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>OSFA shall send a supplemental applicant roster to each Senator in June, listing all applicants who filed a FASFA between March 1 and May 15.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>If a Senator serves a legislative district comprising more than one county, the number of scholarship units shall be divided as equally as possible among qualified applicants from each county in the legislative district.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>