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1	THE CHAIRMAN: That doesn't mean a thing to
2	me. I'm sure it does to you, but —
3	DR. SENSEHBAUGH; The local unit has to tax
4	itself 1.228.
5	MR. PERKINS: For educational purposes.
6	DR. SENSENBAUGH: If they can't make it, the
7	basic program on their assessment, the State puts in the
8	difference, you see, that's the 1.228, and if it does not
9	make $340 per pupil.
10	TIE CHAIRMAN: The 1.228 --
11	MR. PERKINS: It's approximately 1.8 per cent
12	per $100. Now, you have to get these figures from the
13	records .
14	THE CHAIRMAN: In other words, your minimum
15	program is figured at $340 tines the number of students
16	in the County?
17	DR. SENSENBAUGH: Right. If you don't make
18	that 1.228, the State pays the difference. In other words,
19	suppose 1.228 brings Frederick County to $150. Then what
20	is left over, the Stste will pay.
21	THE CHAIRMAN: Don't you take into account not