1472 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 533

capped children in the counties of the State who can be
benefited under the provisions of this Act; such standards,
rules and regulations to include the prescribing of qualifica-
tions 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 incurred by any of the counties of the
State in establishing special classes for mentally OR PHY-
SICALLY handicapped children in accordance with stand-
ards, 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.

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(c) (B) [And] Wherever the City of Baltimore or any of
the counties of the State shall inaugurate a special program
of instruction under standards, rules and regulations of
the State Board of Education, to meet the needs of any
child whose handicap is physical OR MENTAL and whose
needs are not met by ordinary school facilities, the city or
counties so providing the same shall be entitled to receive,
toward the cost of teachers, special equipment, nursing,
therapeutic treatment, and transportation, an amount not
to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400. 00) SIX HUN-
DRED DOLLARS per child, to be paid by the State of
Maryland out of a special fund to be appropriated for such
purpose in the State public School Budget. The State
Superintendent of Schools shall ascertain the respective
amounts the City of Baltimore and the counties shall be
so entitled to receive from the State under this section,