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(a) [(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection, the Maryland Higher Education Commission shall compute the amount of the annual apportionment for each institution that qualifies under this subtitle by multiplying the number of full–time equivalent students enrolled at the institution during the fall semester of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the aid apportionment is made, as determined by the Maryland Higher Education Commission by:

(i) In fiscal year 2009, an amount not less than 16% of the State’s General Fund per full–time equivalent student appropriation to the 4–year public institutions of higher education in this State for the preceding fiscal year;

(vi) In fiscal year 2015, an amount that is the greater of 9.4% of the State’s General Fund per full–time equivalent student appropriation to the 4–year public institutions of higher education in this State for the same fiscal year or $875.53 per full–time equivalent student;

(vii) In fiscal year 2017, an amount not less than 10.1% of the State’s General Fund per full–time equivalent student appropriation to the 4–year public institutions of higher education in this State for the same fiscal year;

(viii) In fiscal year 2018, an amount not less than 10.5% of the State’s General Fund per full–time equivalent student appropriation to the 4–year public institutions of higher education in this State for the same fiscal year;

(ix) In fiscal year 2019, an amount not less than 10.8% of the State’s General Fund per full–time equivalent student appropriation to the 4–year public institutions of higher education in this State for the same fiscal year;