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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 13B.08.20.09" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="20" heading="Scholarship Conditions and Service Requirement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Full-Time Employment.  For purposes of this regulation, “full-time employment” means employment for at least 35 hours per week.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Use of Scholarship. A scholarship shall be used solely for education expenses to attend an eligible institution.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Earn credit as a full-time or part-time student;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Complete the cybersecurity program for which the recipient received the scholarship; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Perform the service obligation described in §D of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Service Obligation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For each semester that the recipient receives a scholarship, the recipient shall, for the time period specified in this section:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Maintain full-time employment in the State in the cybersecurity field for a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Local educational agency;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Public high school;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Community college; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>A unit of State, county, city or municipal government; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Teach full-time in the State in an education program that is directly relevant to cybersecurity in a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Public high school; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Community college.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A full-time student shall perform the service obligation for 6 months for each semester the student received the scholarship.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A part-time student shall perform the service obligation for 3 months for each semester the student received the scholarship.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>