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upon remit to the participating school a draft in the amount of one-
half (½) of the aggregate value of the vouchers received from the
school for the first semester for all students certified as enrolled in
the spring semester.

In the event any participating school is on other than a two
semester basis, the effective date, for purposes of applying the pro-
visions of this subparagraph (g) shall be February 15.

(h) Each participating school shall promptly report to the Board
the name of any student for whom a voucher has been submitted
who has withdrawn or is no longer enrolled in the school, and shall
remit to the Board, a pro-rated amount of said voucher in accordance
with rules promulgated by the Board.

220. Reduction in Value of Scholarships.

(a)  In the event that the funds available for the program are not
adequate to cover the cost of all scholarships properly applied for by
September 1, the Board shall compute a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the total funds available for scholarships under the
program and the denominator of which shall be the value of all
scholarships properly applied for by September 1. Each scholarship
which would have been awarded if sufficient funds were available
shall thereupon be reduced by a fraction equivalent to one (1) minus
the fraction so computed by the Board.

(b)  In the event that any child is enrolled in a participating school
and an application for scholarship has not been made by September 1,
the parent of such child may apply to the Board for a scholarship
in the same manner as set forth in Section 218 of this article. Upon
receipt of such application and verification of the information herein,
as provided in said Section 218, the Board shall issue a scholarship
voucher in an amount equal to the voucher which would have been
issued had the application been filed by September 1, reduced by a
pro-rated amount upon the actual date of the application, the pro-
rated reduction to be determined in accordance with rules promul-
gated by the Board. In the event that there are not then remaining
sufficient funds to pay for the full value of the said voucher as
reduced, then the voucher shall be further reduced to the extent of
any deficiency in available funds. Where funds are not sufficient to
pay for all scholarships applied for after September 1, then the
priority of the issuance of scholarship vouchers shall be determined
in accordance with the date the application is filed with the Board,
on a first come, first served basis.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that AND BE IT FURTHER EN-
ACTED, THAT new Section 41A be and it is hereby added to Article
77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume),
title "Public Education," subtitle "Shared Time Arrangements,"
SAID CODE, SUBTITLE "COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION,"
to follow immediately after Section 41 of said article, and to read
as follows:

41A. Shared Time Arrangements.

The County Boards of Education and the Board of School Com-
missioners of Baltimore City shall, upon the recommendation of the