792                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                             Ch. 358

Chapter 7A. Disadvantaged Children
106A.

(A)    FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, A "DISADVANTAGED
YOUTH" IS A YOUTH WHO BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS         IS         NOT         ACHIEVING         SCHOLASTICALLY
COMMENSURATE WITH HIS POTENTIAL ABILITIES, AND WHO
MUST COMPENSATE FOR INABILITY TO PROFIT FROM THE
NORMAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. HE IS A YOUTH WHO:

(1)  IS BETWEEN THE AGES OF THREE AND EIGHTEEN YEARS AND
HAS NOT BEEN GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL;

(2)  IS POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A
REGULAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM LEADING TO GRADUATION
FROM A SECONDARY SCHOOL;

(3)   IS, BECAUSE OF HOME AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT,
SUBJECT TO SUCH LANGUAGE, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGES AS WILL MAKE IMPROBABLE HIS COMPLETION
OF THE REGULAR PROGRAM LEADING TO GRADUATION WITHOUT
SPECIAL EFFORTS ON THE PART OF SCHOOL AUTHORITIES
DIRECTED TO THE POSITIVE STIMULATION OF HIS POTENTIAL IN
ADDITION TO THOSE EFFORTS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THE
REGULAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

(B)    A "PROGRAM OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION" IS A
PROGRAM IN ANY LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ANY OF GRADES
PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12, IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY
SECTION 106B OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH IS IN ADDITION OR
SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE REGULAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF
THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, HAVING THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING POSITIVE STIMULATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL
ABILITIES OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS, AND WHICH EMBODIES A
POSITIVE PLAN FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE YOUTHS.
PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION
UNDER THIS CHAPTER DOES NOT PRECLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL'S
PARTICIPATION IN ANY OTHER POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL
PROGRAM WHICH MAY BE OFFERED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE.

106B.

(A) THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY, TO THE EXTENT
FUNDS THEREFOR ARE PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET OR ARE
AVAILABLE FROM OTHER SOURCES, ESTABLISH COMPENSATORY
EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:

(1)   NEW OR MODIFIED TEACHER TRAINING CURRICULA TO
INCORPORATE INSTRUCTION IN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
DEVELOPED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITIES DESIGNED TO ENABLE
TEACHERS EFFECTIVELY TO IDENTIFY AND TEACH
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN;

(2)  RESEARCH AND CONSULTATIVE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN TO
ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL AGENCIES IN
CARRYING OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THIS CHAPTER;