Ch. 358                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 791

ANY FEES RESULTING FROM ARBITRATION SHALL BE ASSESSED
BY THE ARBITRATOR EQUALLY BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. THE
ARBITRATION AWARD SHALL BE ADVISORY TO THE SECRETARY
OF PERSONNEL AND NO ADDITIONAL APPEALS OR HEARINGS
WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL SHALL
MAKE THE FINAL DECISION WHICH SHALL BE BINDING ON ALL
PARTIES.

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

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 358
(Senate Bill 648)

AN ACT to add new Sections 106A, 106B, and 106C to Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Public
Education," to follow immediately after Section 106 thereof, and to be under
the new subtitle "Chapter 7A. Disadvantaged Children," to provide for the
establishment of a compensatory education program for disadvantaged children,
and relating generally thereto.

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Maryland finds and declares that a
significant number of culturally and economically disadvantaged young people in
Maryland have latent abilities which remain undiscovered and undeveloped by the
general public and private elementary and secondary educational programs; and

WHEREAS, It is the intent and purpose of the General Assembly to encourage
the establishment and development, by local officers and agencies of the public
school system, of programs designed to identify those pupils affected by language,
cultural, and economic disadvantages who are potentially capable of completing
the regular courses of instruction leading to graduation from the public secondary
schools, and by special services, techniques, and activities to stimulate their interest
in intellectual and educational attainment; and

WHEREAS, It is further recognized that to combat effectively the handicaps of
such disadvantage, a comprehensive, community-wide and statewide cooperative
effort will be required, together with a marshalling of all public and private
resources and aids which may be useful in the endeavor; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Maryland further believes that such a
comprehensive program to identify and develop the potential of Maryland's
disadvantaged young people will require the coordination of State and local
agencies, resources, and aids on both public and private levels; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that such special preventive
undertakings are wise and frugal in light of the cost for supporting institutions of
delinquency, correction, and other social services if the educational handicapping
conditions are ignored; now therefore

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections I06A, 106B, and 106C be and they are hereby
added to Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume), title "Public Education," to follow immediately after Section 106
thereof, to be under the new subtitle "Chapter 7A. Disadvantaged Children," and
all to read as follows: