# COMAR Title 13B — Maryland Higher Education Commission

## Subtitle 08 — Financial Aid

### Chapter 20 — Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program

#### Regulation .09 Scholarship Conditions and Service Requirement.

*COMAR 13B.08.20.09*

A. Full-Time Employment.  For purposes of this regulation, “full-time employment” means employment for at least 35 hours per week.

B. Use of Scholarship. A scholarship shall be used solely for education expenses to attend an eligible institution.

C. As a precondition of receiving a scholarship, a recipient shall provide a promissory note and shall enter into a written agreement with the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, requiring the recipient to:

  (1) Earn credit as a full-time or part-time student;

  (2) Complete the cybersecurity program for which the recipient received the scholarship; and

  (3) Perform the service obligation described in §D of this regulation.

D. Service Obligation.

  (1) For each semester that the recipient receives a scholarship, the recipient shall, for the time period specified in this section:

    (a) Maintain full-time employment in the State in the cybersecurity field for a:

      (i) Local educational agency;

      (ii) Public high school;

      (iii) Community college; or

      (iv) A unit of State, county, city or municipal government; or

    (b) Teach full-time in the State in an education program that is directly relevant to cybersecurity in a:

      (i) Public high school; or

      (ii) Community college.

  (2) A full-time student shall perform the service obligation for 6 months for each semester the student received the scholarship.

  (3) A part-time student shall perform the service obligation for 3 months for each semester the student received the scholarship.

  (4) Regardless of whether a recipient was enrolled as a full-time student or part-time student, the work obligation for the recipient shall not exceed 3 years for full-time employment.