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Section 15-126 – Higher Education Institution Acceptance of Individual Achieving College and Career Readiness

    (a)    This section applies if, after empirical review, the State Board determines that the college and career readiness assessment required under § 7–205.1 of this article aligns with global standards.     (b)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each community college and other open–enrollment public institution of higher education shall accept for enrollment in credit–bearing courses any individual […]

Section 15-112 – Sale of College Textbooks

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    (i)    “Bookstore” means any entity that offers books or other course materials for sale and is licensed by the Comptroller under Title 11, Subtitle 7 of the Tax – General Article.             (ii)    “Bookstore” includes campus bookstores and online vendors.         (3)    (i)    “Bundle” means one or more college textbooks or […]

Section 15-113 – Development and Adoption of Guidelines and Policies

    (a)    The Commission, in consultation with the public institutions of higher education in the State, shall develop and adopt guidelines on awarding academic credit for a student’s military training, coursework, and education.     (b)    In accordance with the guidelines developed by the Commission under subsection (a) of this section, the governing body of each public institution of higher […]

Section 15-114 – Degree Plans

    (a)    In this section, “degree plan” means a statement of the course of study requirements that an undergraduate student enrolled in a public higher education institution must complete to graduate from the institution.     (b)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each undergraduate student enrolled in a public senior higher education institution shall file a […]

Section 15-115 – Pathway Systems to Graduation

    (a)    Each public institution of higher education in the State shall:         (1)    Develop a pathway system whereby public institutions of higher education establish graduation progress benchmarks for each academic major and for the general education program for students who have not declared a major;         (2)    Require the pathway for each first–time degree–seeking student to include credit–bearing mathematics and […]

Section 15-106.5 – Tuition Increase Prohibited for 2006 Academic Year

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Academic year” means the period commencing with the fall semester and continuing through the immediately following summer session at a public senior higher education institution.         (3)    “Governing board” means:             (i)    The Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland; and             (ii)    The Board of Regents of Morgan […]