Ch. 359                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              797

[[(E)]] (F) THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL, AT LEAST
ANNUALLY, REVIEW THE APPROVED PLANS. AMENDMENTS TO AN
APPROVED LOCAL PLAN MAY BE MADE BY A LOCAL BOARD OF
EDUCATION UPON [[APPROVAL BY]] RECOMMENDATION OF_ THE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

106B. [[FINANCING OF]] IMPLEMENTING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES.

[[(A)]] EACH PLAN SUBMITTED BY A LOCAL BOARD OF
EDUCATION, AND EACH PLAN DEVELOPED AND PROMULGATED BY
THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, SHALL INCLUDE A DETAILED
ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO WILL RECEIVE
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES UNDER THE PLAN AND THE
ANNUAL COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.

[[(B) THE ANNUAL OPERATING COST OF THE PROGRAM, AS SET
FORTH IN THE PLAN, SHALL BE SHARED BY THE STATE AND THE
LOCAL SUBDIVISION ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS:

EACH LOCAL SUBDIVISION SHALL CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING COST OF IMPLEMENTING ITS
APPROVED PLAN A PERCENTAGE OF SUCH COST NOT LESS THAN
THE PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT EXPENSES PAID BY THE
SUBDIVISION FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR CALCULATED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 128 OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN
FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH COST. THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH
SUBDIVISION SHALL APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO
PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LOCAL SHARE. THE BALANCE OF THE
ANNUAL COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE APPROVED PLAN WHICH IS
NOT MET BY FEDERAL OR OTHER FUNDS SHALL BE PAID BY THE
STATE, AND FUNDS THEREFOR SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE
BUDGET; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT (1) THE TOTAL STATE
CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE PLANS FOR ALL SUBDIVISIONS
SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EXCEED THE PRECEDING YEAR'S
STATE CONTRIBUTION BY MORE THAN 10 PERCENT, AND (2) NO
SUBDIVISION SHALL RECEIVE LESS STATE CONTRIBUTION
TOWARD THE OPERATING COST OF ITS APPROVED PLAN THAN IT
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 99 THROUGH 102 OF THIS
ARTICLE (1969 REPLACEMENT VOLUME AND 1972 SUPPLEMENT)
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1972-73.]]

[[SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 99, 100, 101
and 102 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 7.
Handicapped Children," be and they are hereby repealed; provided, however, that
the programs and funding authorized thereunder may be included as part of the
standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 1 hereof,
and the local plans developed in accordance therewith.]]

[[SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the programs and
funding authorized under Sections 99, 100, 101 and 102 of Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement)
title "Public Education." subtitle "Chapter 7. Handicapped Children." shall
remain in effect with respect to any child for whom an appropriate educational
program is not provided during the phase-in period of the programs provided for in