WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1767

been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage. "

Approved May 6, 1949.

CHAPTER 713
(House Bill 294)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
229 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-title "School
Attendance ", increasing the allowance for handicapped
children.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 229 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, (1939 Edition), title "Public Education", sub-
title "School Attendance", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

229. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education,
to set up standards, rules and regulations for the examina-
tion, classification and education of such handicapped chil-
dren in the counties of the State who can be benefited under
the provisions of this Act; such standards, rules and regula-
tions to include the prescribing of qualifications of teachers,
the curriculum and equipment, and the supervision of the
program which may be inaugurated by the County Board of
Education for each such handicapped child. The expenses in-
curred by any of the counties of the State in establishing
special classes for mentally handicapped children in accord-
ance with standards, rules and regulations of the State
Board of Education shall be paid in the same manner as the
ordinary expenses for the support of schools in the several
counties of the State; provided that in calculating the cost
of the minimum program as a basis for determining the
amount of the equalization fund which a county is entitled
to receive, each such special class shall be considered as a
separate unit. And wherever the City of Baltimore or any
of the counties of the State shall inaugurate a special pro-
gram of instruction under standards, rules and regulations
of the State Board of Education to meet the needs of any
child whose handicap is physical and whose needs are