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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 13B.08.07.08" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="07" heading="Certification and Payment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Office shall create a certification roster for each community college and public senior higher education institution.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The certification roster shall contain the names of the applicants who have been identified by the Office as eligible for the grant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The institution shall complete the certification for each student by the date established by the Office.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The institution shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Verify the applicant’s eligibility for in-State tuition under Education Article, Title 15, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>By the deadline date established by the Office, report:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The total amount of tuition being charged; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>All non-loan aid the applicant is receiving, regardless of whether the non-loan aid has been disbursed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>After the institution reports all non-loan aid for each applicant, the institution shall electronically transmit the roster to the Office through MDCAPS.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Office shall make an award payment to the institution for each semester that the student is granted the award.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The institution shall certify and request payment for all recipients, on a semester basis, on or before:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>December 15, for the fall semester; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May 15, for the spring semester.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>An institution that fails to certify and request payment for all recipients on a semester basis under §B may not certify recipients for the subsequent semester.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>