Maryland Education Section 15-101

      (a)      Each public institution of higher education shall accept for admission any graduate of an approved public high school:

            (1)      Who is certified by his high school principal, based on standards of the State Board of Education, as qualified to pursue a course of study at the institution; or

            (2)      Who meets the admission standards of the institution.

      (b)      (1)      Each public institution of higher education may accept, for special admission any student who has:

                  (i)      Completed the seventh grade; and

                  (ii)      A scholastic aptitude test combined score of 1,200 or an equivalent score on a nationally accepted college entrance examination.

            (2)      This subsection does not affect the State or local share of aid provided pursuant to § 5-202 of this article to the secondary school in which the student is enrolled.