1302                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 411

(6)  Review and approve the plans and budgets submitted by local
governing bodies for support under this subtitle;

(7)  Exercise such other powers and duties as may be required
for the implementation of this subtitle.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 411
(Senate Bill 414)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 128 (b),
(c), (d) and (e) and 129 (2) of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supple-
ment), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 9. Finance and
Reports," to clarify the provisions of certain sections of the chap-
ter on finance and reports of the Article on Public Education, and
generally relating thereto. TO RESTORE TO THE EDUCATION
LAW CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR STATE AID TO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OMITTED BY PREVIOUS AMENDMENT OF THIS
LAW.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 128 (b), (c), (d) and (e) and 129 (2) of Article 77
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and
1971 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 9.
Finance and Reports," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

128.

(b) For the school year 1967-68 and thereafter, the board of
education of each county and the mayor and city council of Balti-
more shall be entitled to, and shall be paid, each year in the manner
and subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, an amount to
be known as "State share of current expenses" which shall be cal-
culated as follows for each county and Baltimore City.

(1)   Current Expense Cost to Be Shared. The State shall share in
an adjusted expenditure for current expenses of $370 multiplied by
the number of pupils enrolled on September 30 of each year.

(2)  Adjustment for Increased Enrollment. An amount shall be
added to the product of (1) equal to $30 multiplied by an increase in
enrollment above September 30 of the preceding year. For fiscal
1967-68 only, there shall be added to the product of (1) an amount
equal to $30 multiplied by 50 percent of total enrollment of kinder-
garten pupils enrolled as of September 30, 1967.

(3)  Adjustment for Prescribed Salaries and Staffing Level. The
total amount of prescribed salaries for each subdivision, as required
in §§ 112, 57 and 68 shall be calculated for all employed professional