2013 Maryland Code
EDUCATION
§ 18-406 - Duration of award

§18-406.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each recipient of a senatorial scholarship may hold the scholarship for 4 undergraduate academic years and 4 graduate academic years if he:

(1) Is a full-time student;

(2) Continues to be a resident of this State; and

(3) Continues to be a student at the institution and takes at least 12 semester hours of courses as an undergraduate or 9 semester hours of courses as a graduate student each semester leading to a degree.

(b) A recipient of an undergraduate or graduate senatorial scholarship may hold the scholarship, appropriately prorated, for 8 academic years if he:

(1) Is a part-time student;

(2) Continues to be a resident of this State; and

(3) Continues to be a student at the institution and takes at least 6 semester hours of courses each semester leading to a degree.

(c) Any recipient of a senatorial scholarship may use up to one-half of the yearly award for summer school.

(d) A recipient of a senatorial scholarship who is enrolled in a terminal certificate program as provided in § 18-402(a) of this subtitle may hold the scholarship for 2 years if he is a full-time student and otherwise meets the conditions of subsection (a) of this section, or may hold the scholarship for 4 years if he is a part-time student and otherwise meets the conditions of subsection (b) of this section.

(e) Each recipient of a senatorial scholarship who is enrolled in a private postsecondary proprietary institution that is accredited by a national accrediting association approved by the United States Department of Education:

(1) May hold the scholarship for the completion of 1 program if the student otherwise meets the conditions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section; and

(2) Shall complete the program within the length of time prescribed by the institution for the completion of the program.