Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 13B - MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
Subtitle 01 - NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS
Chapter 13B.01.02 - Joseph A. Sellinger Program-Aid to Nonpublic Higher Education Institutions
Section 13B.01.02.06 - Prohibition of Sectarian Use of Funds
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024
A. Education Article, § 17-107, Annotated Code of Maryland, prohibits recipient institutions from using State funds for sectarian purposes. That provision generally prohibits the use of State funds to support religious instruction, religious worship, or other activities of a religious nature.
B. Prohibited Uses.
C. The Commission shall require an institution that violates the prohibition against sectarian usage set forth in this regulation to repay to the State all monies expended in violation of this prohibition. The institution is ineligible to receive further State aid until it has repaid these funds. If the Commission determines that an institution has violated the prohibition and that the responsible officers knew or reasonably should have known that it was doing so, then the Commission shall notify the institution, and the Commission may declare the institution ineligible to receive further State aid either for a specified number of years or permanently, and so notify the institution. The institution shall be given notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Commission before any declaration of ineligibility. The hearing before the Commission shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 13B.04.01.