§ 18-306. Duration of Award

   (a) In general. -- Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, each recipient of a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Award may hold the award for 5 years if the recipient:

   (1) Continues to be a resident of this State;

   (2) Continues to be a full-time student at an eligible institution and takes at least 12 semester hours of courses each semester, or its equivalent as determined by the Office;

   (3) In the judgment of the institution, is making satisfactory progress toward a degree; and

   (4) Maintains the standards of the institution.

(b) Associate degree student. -- Each recipient of a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Award who is enrolled in an associate degree program as permitted in § 18-303(a)(1) of this subtitle may hold the award for 3 years if the same conditions of subsection (a) of this section are met.

(c) Additional time. -- Each recipient of a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Award may hold the award for a 5th year if the recipient:

   (1) Is enrolled in an academic program that, as determined by the institution, requires 5 years to complete; or

   (2) Provides evidence, satisfactory to the Office, of extenuating financial, academic, or other circumstances that prevent the recipient from completing the academic program in 4 years.

(d) Guaranteed Access Grant. -- In addition to the requirements for renewal of a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Award under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, a recipient of a Guaranteed Access Grant shall hold the grant for not more than 5 consecutive years or, failing to do so, provide evidence satisfactory to the Office of extenuating circumstances.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 77A, § 57; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1979, ch. 465; 1980, ch. 712, § 2; 1988, ch. 246, § 2, 4; ch. 629; 1989, ch. 5, § 1, 9; ch. 605, § 2; 1991, ch. 462, § 3; 1996, ch. 10, § 16; 1999, ch. 694; 2002, ch. 19, § 9; chs. 315, 429; 2007, ch. 491, § 2.