2924                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 873

MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN ON A BASIS AS EQUAL AS
PRACTICABLE TO THEIR AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC SCHOOL
CHILDREN RESIDING IN BALTIMORE CITY OR THEIR PARTICULAR
COUNTY.

(D)    PURSUANT TO REQUESTS FROM THE APPROPRIATE
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS ON BEHALF OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL
PUPILS, THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
AND EACH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL PURCHASE OR
OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE
NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT THE TOTAL
COST OF WHICH IN ANY SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT EXCEED AN
AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWENTY DOLLARS ($20.00) MULTIPLIED BY THE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN RESIDING WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY, OR
THEIR PARTICULAR COUNTY, WHO ON THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER
OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, ARE ENROLLED IN GRADES ONE THROUGH
TWELVE OF A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IN WHICH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MAY BE
MET. EACH SCHOOL BOARD SHALL PRESCRIBE RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
AND EQUIPMENT SO AS TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO NONPUBLIC
SCHOOL CHILDREN ON A BASIS AS EQUAL AS PRACTICABLE TO
THEIR AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN, LIVING IN
BALTIMORE CITY OR THEIR PARTICULAR COUNTY.

(E)   EACH YEAR THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SHALL CONFER WITH THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS AND EACH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND
WITH THE APPROPRIATE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, IN ORDER
TO ESTIMATE FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR THE AMOUNT NEEDED
TO PURCHASE, PROVIDE AND ADMINISTER THE ASSISTANCE
REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN
IN EACH COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY. THEREAFTER, THE
SUPERINTENDENT SHALL SUBMIT THE ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL
AMOUNT NEEDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN BALTIMORE CITY AND
THE COUNTIES TO THE OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH PREPARING THE
EXECUTIVE BUDGET. THE STATE OF MARYLAND SHALL PROVIDE
THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS AND THE
COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION WITH THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO
PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.

216.

(A) WHEN ANY PROVISION IS MADE BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, OR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY
COUNTY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS,
TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE FURNISHED ON A SIMILAR BASIS TO
CHILDREN RESIDING WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY OR THEIR
PARTICULAR COUNTY WHO ARE ENROLLED IN GRADES ONE THROUGH
TWELVE OF A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL, WHEREIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MAY BE MET.
THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN