126                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 134

(2)  Offering terminal non-technical programs; or

(3)  Offering the equivalent of freshman and sophomore years of
college work.

302. (a) The county superintendent of schools (and in Baltimore
City the Superintendent of Public Instruction) shall serve as secre-
tary and treasurer to the board of trustees. The president of the com-
munity college shall attend all meetings of the board, except those
involving his personal position as president. The board of trustees,
the superintendent, and the president of the community college are
charged with the preparation of the annual budget, its presentation
to the county commissioners, county council, or the Board of Esti-
mates of Baltimore City, and the receipt and expenditure of budgeted
funds under an adequate accounting system, subject to review by
the auditor of the county or of Baltimore City, as the case may be.
The Board of Trustees shall be styled "The Board of Trustees of

...............................................................................Community College" and it may adopt

a corporate seal. The Chairman of the board of education or the
board of school commissioners is the chairman of the board of
trustees.

(b) All professional and clerical employees are eligible for partici-
pation in the Teachers Retirement System as established and main-
tained under this Article.

SOS. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the county
commissioners or county council of any county in which a community
college is established by the board, of education or board of school
commissioners under this sub-title have the right and power to ap-
propriate funds to meet the cost of establishment, current expenses,
purchase of land, construction of capital improvements, and the main-
tenance thereof. In addition, the county commissioners or county
council of any county and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
City have the power to borrow funds for the purchase of land and
the construction of capital improvements for said purposes upon such
terms and conditions as they deem right and proper, subject to the
general requirements of local laws applicable to the creation of pub-
lic debt.

SOU. (a) Each community college operating under the provisions
of this sub-title shall be financed on the general basis of receiving
one-third of its current expenses from the State, one-third from
the county (or Baltimore City) in which it is located, and one-third
from fees and charges required from students at the community col-
lege. In this computation, "current expenses" shall be the product of
the per-student operating cost for the preceding school year multi-
plied by the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the
current school year.

(b) Beginning for the State's fiscal year which commences on
July 1, 1963, the Governor shall place in the State budget an item to
pay the State's one-third share to each of the community colleges
operating under this sub-title. Until that time, State aid to these col-
leges shall be as provided in the budget. In either event it shall not
exceed the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225 00)
for each student at any community college. The State Superintendent
of Schools shall certify to the State Comptroller on or before the last
day of both September and March in each year one-half of the annual