1540                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 708

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES IF THE VACAN-
CY IS CAUSED BY THE INABILITY TO SERVE OF A MEM-
BER OF THE COMMITTEE FROM THE HOUSE OF DELE-
GATES.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved May 4, 1967.

CHAPTER 708
(House Bill 12)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 239 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 23. School
Attendance," to provide that the responsibility of local boards of
education shall be extended to include and insure daily transporta-
tion during the regular school year for certain handicapped chil-
dren to and from certain approved non public and institutional
PUBLIC OR STATE AGENCY-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS AND
CERTAIN APPROVED NON-PUBLIC education facilities.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 239 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle
"Chapter 23. School Attendance," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

239.

It shall be the duty of the local boards of education of the several
counties and Baltimore City to furnish to their respective health
departments any information they may receive as to handicapped
children living within the boundaries of their school district. The
local health departments shall recommend which such children need
additional diagnostic or treatment services and shall refer such chil-
dren to local boards of education for evaluation. The local boards of
education shall be responsible for the identification of such handi-
capped children in need of special education services, and shall
provide or arrange for appropriate educational facilities and services.
These facilities and services shall include daily transportation during
the regular school year for handicapped children properly en-
rolled in any non public, or institutional educational facility approved
as a special education facility by the State Department of Education,
if the enrollment has been approved by the State Superintendent of
Schools PUBLIC SCHOOL OR SCHOOL MAINTAINED BY ANY
STATE AGENCY OR IN ANY NON-PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL
FACILITY, WHICH NON-PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL FACILITY
IS APPROVED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITY BY THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; IF THE ENROLL-
MENT AND TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY
THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. If this facility is