Title: Establishes Communication Campaign for Near Completers
Signed by Governor Larry Hogan, Jr.
Title: Establishes Communication Campaign for Near Completers
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a communication campaign to encourage near completers to earn degrees.
Requires the Governor to include $125,000 in the state budget for the Commission to fund a statewide communication campaign for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024 (Sec. 1).
Specifies the commission to have the following purposes, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1):
Make use of a variety of marketing media, including billboards, brochures and electronic resources;
Provide a centralized contact point for near completers to get information about and assistance with re-enrolling; and
Make readily available contact information for each public institution of higher education in the State.
Requires the following of the near completers to have accomplished the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1):
Earned a minimum grade point average of 2.0 on a scale of 4.0 while in college;
Earned at least 45 credit hours if the individual attended a community college; or
Earned at least 90 credit hours if the individual attended a senior higher education institution.
Authorizes the commission to develop and implement a plan that would provide an incentive to a near completer to re-enroll and earn a degree as well as a college to identify and graduate near completers (Sec. 1).
Specifies the incentive plan shall use all available resources, including institutional funds, private sector funds and State funds (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the commision to develop and implement a centralized web-based matches program for near completers with any institution of higher education at which they would be able to complete their degree (Sec. 1).
Specifies the commission shall encourage each institution of higher education in the state to participate in the match program at no cost to the institution (Sec. 1).
Requires any institution that participates in the match program to provide the commission with information regarding near completers who attended the institution (Sec. 1).
Requires the Governor to include in the state budget $50,000 to the commission to develop and implement the match program for near completers for every fiscal year 2020-2024 (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the Governor to provide a near completer who re-enrolls in a community college up to one-third of the in-county tuition charge (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the Governor to provide a near completer who re-enrolls in a public senior or higher education institution up to one-third of the resident undergraduate tuition charge (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the Governor to include $250,00 in 2020 and for fiscal years 2021-2024 $375,000 for grants for near completers (Sec. 1).
Prohibits the grant money to be used for anything other than tuition (Sec. 1).
Specifies all non-loan aid received by the near completer shall be credited to the tuition before the grant money is calculated (Sec. 1).
Specifies all grants shall be provided on a first-come, first-served basis (Sec. 1).
Requires the commision to submit a report of the match program and a detailed account of the expenditures of the grant program to the General Assembly by December 1 2019-2025 (Sec. 1).
Title: Establishes Communication Campaign for Near Completers
Title: Establishes Communication Campaign for Near Completers
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a communication campaign to encourage near completers to earn degrees.
Title: Establishes Communication Campaign for Near Completers