Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 11-206.4
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2022
(a) The Commission shall establish a program evaluation unit to evaluate new programs and substantial modifications.
(b) (1) The unit established in this section shall have at least 10 staff members who are employees of the Commission.
(2) The staff members assigned to this unit shall be in addition to the current workforce of the Commission.
(c) The unit established in this section shall assist the Commission in reviewing and evaluating proposals for new programs and substantial modifications of existing programs in accordance with §§ 11–206 and 11–206.1 of this subtitle.
(d) Beginning in fiscal year 2023, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation in an amount sufficient to employ the 10 staff members required under this section.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 11–206 and 11–206.1 of this subtitle and subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Commission shall develop and implement a program review process for new proposed programs that:
(1) Are offered only online and to a majority of out–of–state students; and
(2) Enable the institutions of higher education in the State to compete with out–of–state competitors in the online marketplace.
(b) The process developed and implemented under subsection (a) of this section shall allow the Commission or an institution of higher education in the State to file with the Commission an objection to implementation of the proposed program, provided the objection is based on:
(1) Inconsistency of the proposed program with the institution’s approved mission for a public institution of higher education or the mission statement published in the official catalog of a private nonprofit institution of higher education;
(2) Not meeting a need consistent with the State Plan for Higher Education;
(3) Unreasonable program duplication of a fully online program that would cause harm to the State or students attending institutions of higher education in the State; or
(4) Unnecessary program duplication of a fully online program in violation of the State’s equal educational opportunity obligations under State and federal law.
(c) The Commission shall include the program review process developed under this section in the administrative procedures guide required under § 11–206.1(h) of this subtitle.
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