{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-11-809","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 11–809","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “homeless youth” has the same meaning as provided in the federal McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act.\n(b) An individual is exempt from paying GED testing fees if:\n(1) the individual is a homeless youth;\n(2) the individual has had a consistent presence in the State for at least 1 year before the individual applies to take the GED test, as evidenced by school, employment, or other records; and\n(3) the Department verifies that the individual is a homeless youth.\n(c) The Department may use the following individuals to verify that an individual is a homeless youth:\n(1) a homeless liaison from a local school system that the individual attended;\n(2) a director or a designee of the director of a program in the State funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; or\n(3) a director or a designee of the director of a program in the State funded under Title IV, Subtitle B of the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act.\n(d) The Department shall adopt regulations to implement the requirements of this section.","path":["Article - Labor and Employment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle\u0026section=11-809","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:38Z","sha256":"031f7ef8b2492fbb1df8facfbbb158e82f4563420eac42066bc90609bec6a193","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-11-808","next":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-11-901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}