Section 15-101 - Admission standards. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-101. Admission standards.
 

(a)  High school graduates.- Each public institution of higher education shall accept for admission any graduate of an approved public high school: 

(1) Who is certified by his high school principal, based on standards of the State Board of Education, as qualified to pursue a course of study at the institution; or 

(2) Who meets the admission standards of the institution. 

(b)  Special admission of secondary school students.-  

(1) Each public institution of higher education may accept, for special admission any student who has: 

(i) Completed the seventh grade; and 

(ii) A scholastic aptitude test combined score of 1,200 or an equivalent score on a nationally accepted college entrance examination. 

(2) This subsection does not affect the State or local share of aid provided pursuant to § 5-202 of this article to the secondary school in which the student is enrolled. 
 

[ED § 11-101; 1988, ch. 246, § 2; 1989, ch. 89; 2000, ch. 61, § 1.]