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Analysts press MHEC on scholarship awards after vendor errors and waitlists
Summary
DLS told the subcommittee that changes in guaranteed‑access law, vendor errors and funding priorities have left some Educational Excellence awards unissued and prompted recommended reporting; MHEC described corrective steps and outreach.
The subcommittee turned next to student financial assistance, where Department of Legislative Services analysts described a complex set of issues affecting Maryland’s state scholarship programs and asked MHEC to clarify steps to correct program errors and award processes.
DLS analyst David Propert said guaranteed access (GA) awards have increased since an eligibility expansion, and that the Educational Excellence Award (EA) program has not issued initial EA awards in the last two fiscal years as GA awards received statutory priority. Propert also identified system and process problems: GA‑program vendor errors that resulted in potentially ineligible awards and a separate instance in…
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