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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland Expands Community College Promise Scholarship to Delmar High Graduates and Broadens Transportation Worker Scholarships
Last action · May 26, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713Sponsors: Mary Beth Carozza and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Maryland expands Community College Promise Scholarship eligibility to include Maryland residents who graduate from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware, and broadens the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program to cover surviving workers of major accidents and their families. The law renames the scholarship program, permits funds to cover total costs of attendance, and takes effect July 1, 2026.
Delmar, Maryland students attending Delmar High School across the state line gain eligibility for local community college scholarships, while families of transportation workers surviving major infrastructure accidents involving at least $100 million in damages become newly eligible for postsecondary financial assistance.
- The Community College Promise Scholarship provides tuition assistance to eligible Maryland students attending local community colleges. context
- Delmar is a border town split between Maryland and Delaware, making cross-border schooling and residency a unique regional consideration. context
Who It Affects
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Delmar, Maryland residents
Graduates of Delmar High School residing in Maryland gain eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship.
Surviving transportation workers
Workers surviving major transportation facility accidents resulting in at least $100 million in damages become eligible for postsecondary scholarships.
Families of transportation workers
Children, stepchildren, spouses, unmarried partners, and siblings of qualifying fallen or surviving workers become eligible for educational financial assistance.
Institutions of postsecondary education
Colleges and universities must determine applicant eligibility and report recipient counts to the Commission twice a year.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
19 actions- May 26, 2026Governor of MarylandEnrolledApproved by the Governor - Chapter 713
- Apr 9, 2026SenateFloorPassed Enrolled
- Apr 9, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (43-0)
- Apr 9, 2026SenateFloorSenate Concurs House Amendments
- Apr 8, 2026HouseFloorThird Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0)
- Apr 8, 2026HouseFloor Amendment { 903623/1 (Delegate Smith) Adopted
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- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFavorable with Amendments { 813121/1 Adopted
- Apr 7, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
- Mar 30, 2026HouseHearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseHearing canceled
- Mar 26, 2026HouseHearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 21, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred Appropriations
- Mar 20, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (41-0)
- Mar 19, 2026SenateFloorSecond Reading Passed
- Mar 19, 2026SenateFloorFavorable Adopted
- Mar 19, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 10, 2026SenateHearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Expansion of Geographic Scholarship Boundaries
The legislation creates a unique out-of-state high school eligibility exception for residents of a shared border town (Delmar) attending a school in the neighboring state.
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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