The Maryland Higher Education Commission says it's honoring $6.2 million in grants for hundreds of college students who had their funds canceled following a computer glitch .

The Guaranteed Access Grants were awarded to students in the spring. But days before the start of classes, a system error by MHEC's vendor, Interclipse, led to incorrect eligibility determinations for the Guaranteed Access Grant awards.

In an update on Wednesday, MHEC said it decided to honor all grants that were initially awarded.

The error impacted more than 600 students, including more than 170 students who were eligible for their grants and had their awards wrongly canceled, and nearly 460 students who were initially awarded a grant due to the system error that incorrectly showed them as eligible.

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