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TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER Section 98B thereof, and to read as follows:
98C.

(A)   THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL [[ORGANIZE]]
CAUSE TO BE DEVELOPED AND [[IMPLEMENT]] IMPLEMENTED A
PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION
OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES AND OF BALTIMORE CITY WHEREBY
EACH STUDENT ENTERING HIS FIRST YEAR IN ANY PRIMARY
GRADE IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IS EVALUATED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF IDENTIFYING LEARNING DISABILITIES, REGARDLESS OF
ETIOLOGY.

(B)  THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL [[DEVELOP AND
PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BASED UPON THE NEEDS OF
THE DISABLED STUDENTS]] PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND
COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BASED UPON THE NEEDS OF DISABLED
STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BALTIMORE CITY AND THE
SEVERAL COUNTIES OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 520
(House Bill 257)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 27-2(a-l) of Article 33
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Supplement), title "Election Code,"
subtitle "Absentee Voting," to provide that persons unable to go to the polls to
vote because of a death or serious illness in their immediate family may vote by
absentee ballot, to eliminate, in certain cases, the requirement of an employer's
statement under oath or a physician's certificate, and clarifying the wording of
this section.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 27-2(a-l) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Supplement), title "Election Code," subtitle "Absentee Voting,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

27-2.

(a-1) Within seven (7) days of an election and on the day of the election prior to
the time the polls close, any person registered and otherwise qualified to vote may
apply for an emergency absentee ballot if, as a condition of his employment, he is
required to be absent from the county or Baltimore City where he is registered to
vote on the day of an election, [or] is unable to be physically present at the polls
as a result of illness or accident occurring after the time of making application for
an absentee ballot OR IS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT BECAUSE OF A
DEATH OR SERIOUS ILLNESS IN HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY
OCCURRING AFTER THE TIME FOR MAKING APPLICATION. The
application shall be made under penalty of perjury but without formal oath, setting