Maryland Education Section 18-601
§ 18-601.
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(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Disabled public safety employee" means a State or local public safety employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that:
(i) Precludes the individual from continuing to serve or be employed as a State or local public safety employee; and
(ii) In the case of a volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance or rescue company or squad, precludes the member from continuing to be employed in the nonpublic safety occupation in which the member is engaged at the time of the injury.
(3) "Surviving spouse" means a person who has not remarried.
(4) "State or local public safety employee" means a person who is:
(i) A career or volunteer member of a:
1. Fire department;
2. Ambulance company or squad; or
3. Rescue company or squad;
(ii) A law enforcement officer;
(iii) A correctional officer; or
(iv) A member of the Maryland National Guard who was a resident of this State at the time of death.
(5) "Victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks" means a Maryland resident who was killed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the attack on the Pentagon in Virginia, or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.
(b) There is a program of scholarships that are awarded under this section.
(c) The Program is the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program.
(d) A person may apply to the Office for a scholarship under this section if the person:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, is a resident of Maryland;
(2) (i) Is accepted for admission or enrolled in the regular undergraduate, graduate or professional program at an eligible institution; or
(ii) Is enrolled in 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; and
(3) (i) Is at least 16 years old and a son or daughter of a member of the armed forces who was a resident of this State at the time the parent:
1. Died or was totally and permanently disabled as a result of military service after December 7, 1941; or
2. 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;
(ii) Was a prisoner of war on or after January 1, 1960 as a result of the Vietnam conflict and was a resident of this State at the time the person was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action;
(iii) 1. Is at least 16 years old and a son or daughter of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty; or
2. Is the surviving spouse of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty;
(iv) Is a disabled public safety employee;
(v) Is a veteran, as defined under § 9-901 of the State Government Article, who:
1. Suffers a service-related disability of 25% or greater; and
2. Has exhausted or is no longer eligible for federal veterans' educational benefits; or
(vi) Is at least 16 years old and a son or daughter of or the surviving spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
(e) For a person who graduates from a high school in this State in 2004, that person shall be eligible under subsection (d)(1) of this section if the person:
(1) Is a resident of Maryland;
(2) Is a student at a Maryland high school at the time of application; or
(3) Graduated from a Maryland high school within 3 months of application.
(f) A scholarship awarded under this section:
(1) May be used for the tuition and mandatory fees at any eligible institution; and
(2) May not:
(i) Exceed the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate student at the 4-year public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland University College and University of Maryland, Baltimore, with the highest annual expenses for a full-time resident undergraduate; and
(ii) Be less than the lesser of:
1. $3,000; or
2. The equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident of the institution attended by the recipient of the scholarship.
(g) (1) Each recipient of a scholarship under this section may hold the award for 5 years of full-time study or 8 years of part-time study.
(2) The Office may not award more than 15 scholarships annually under subsection (d)(3)(v) of this section.
(3) An award provided under subsection (d)(3)(vi) of this section may not exceed the amount specified in subsection (f)(2) of this section when combined with any other scholarship received by a student based on the student's status as a child or spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
(h) The Commission:
(1) May accept any gift or grant from any person for the Edward T. Conroy Scholarship Fund;
(2) Shall use any gift or grant that it receives for a scholarship from the Program; and
(3) Shall deposit any gift or grant that it receives for the Program with the State Treasurer in a nonbudgeted account.
// SPECIAL NOTE: THE ABOVE SECTION WAS CHANGED BY CHAPTER 418 OF 2004 AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL JUNE 30, 2014 //
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Disabled public safety employee" means a State or local public safety employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that:
(i) Precludes the individual from continuing to serve or be employed as a State or local public safety employee; and
(ii) In the case of a volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance or rescue company or squad, precludes the member from continuing to be employed in the nonpublic safety occupation in which the member is engaged at the time of the injury.
(3) "Surviving spouse" means a person who has not remarried.
(4) "State or local public safety employee" means a person who is:
(i) A career or volunteer member of a:
1. Fire department;
2. Ambulance company or squad; or
3. Rescue company or squad;
(ii) A law enforcement officer;
(iii) A correctional officer; or
(iv) A member of the Maryland National Guard who was a resident of this State at the time of death.
(5) "Victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks" means a Maryland resident who was killed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the attack on the Pentagon in Virginia, or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.
(b) There is a program of scholarships that are awarded under this section.
(c) The Program is the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program.
(d) A person may apply to the Office for a scholarship under this section if the person:
(1) Is a resident of Maryland;
(2) (i) Is accepted for admission or enrolled in the regular undergraduate, graduate, or professional program at an eligible institution; or
(ii) Is enrolled in 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; and
(3) (i) Is at least 16 years old and a son or daughter of a member of the armed forces who was a resident of this State at the time the parent:
1. Died or was totally and permanently disabled as a result of military service after December 7, 1941; or
2. 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;
(ii) Was a prisoner of war on or after January 1, 1960 as a result of the Vietnam conflict and was a resident of this State at the time the person was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action;
(iii) 1. Is at least 16 years old and a son or daughter of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty; or
2. Is the surviving spouse of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty;
(iv) Is a disabled public safety employee;
(v) Is a veteran, as defined under § 9-901 of the State Government Article, who:
1. Suffers a service-related disability of 25% or greater; and
2. Has exhausted or is no longer eligible for federal veterans' educational benefits; or
(vi) Is at least 16 years old and a son or daughter of or the surviving spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
(e) A scholarship awarded under this section:
(1) May be used for the tuition and mandatory fees at any eligible institution; and
(2) May not:
(i) Exceed the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate student at the 4-year public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland University College and University of Maryland, Baltimore, with the highest annual expenses for a full-time resident undergraduate; and
(ii) Be less than the lesser of:
1. $3,000; or
2. The equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident of the institution attended by the recipient of the scholarship.
(f) (1) Each recipient of a scholarship under this section may hold the award for 5 years of full-time study or 8 years of part-time study.
(2) The Office may not award more than 15 scholarships annually under subsection (d)(3)(v) of this section.
(3) An award provided under subsection (d)(3)(vi) of this section may not exceed the amount specified in subsection (e)(2) of this section when combined with any other scholarship received by a student based on the student's status as a child or spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
(g) The Commission:
(1) May accept any gift or grant from any person for the Edward T. Conroy Scholarship Fund;
(2) Shall use any gift or grant that it receives for a scholarship from the Program; and
(3) Shall deposit any gift or grant that it receives for the Program with the State Treasurer in a nonbudgeted account.
