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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 13B.08.13.03" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="13" heading="Eligibility.">
  <text>To be eligible for a Conroy-Cryor scholarship, an individual shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Be a resident of Maryland at the time of the application or have been a resident of Maryland when an event described in §C of this regulation occurred;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Be accepted for admission or enrolled in:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The regular undergraduate, graduate, or professional program at a Maryland postsecondary institution;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A 2-year terminal certificate program in which the course work is acceptable for transfer credit for an accredited baccalaureate program in an eligible institution; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A private career school; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Qualify under at least one of the following conditions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be at least 16 years old and the child of a member of the armed forces who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Died as a result of military service after December 7, 1941;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Suffered a service connected 100 percent permanent disability after December 7, 1942; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, if that occurred on or after January 1, 1960, as a result of the Vietnam conflict, and if the child was born prior to or while the parent was a prisoner of war or missing in action;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a prisoner of war or missing in action, if that occurred on or after January 1, 1960, as a result of the Vietnam conflict, and a resident of this State at the time the person was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>At least 16 years old and the child of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The surviving spouse of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A disabled public safety employee;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>At least 16 years old and the child of a disabled public safety employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that renders the public safety employee 100 percent disabled; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The surviving spouse of a disabled public safety employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that renders the public safety employee 100 percent disabled;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Be a veteran, as defined under State Government Article, §9901, Annotated Code of Maryland, who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Suffers a service connected disability of 25 percent or greater; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has exhausted or is no longer eligible for federal veterans educational benefits;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Be the surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who suffered a service connected 100 percent permanent disability;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Be at least 16 years old and the child of or the surviving spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Be at least 16 years old and the child of a school employee who, as a result of an act of violence:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Died in the line of duty; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Sustained an injury in the line of duty that rendered the school employee 100 percent disabled; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Be the surviving spouse of a school employee who, as a result of an act of violence:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Died in the line of duty; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Sustained an injury in the line of duty that rendered the school employee 100 percent disabled.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>