MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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3. The Board of Public Works is
authorized, in its discretion and upon recommendation of
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to approve a
State grant not to exceed 87-1/2 percent of the eligible
cost of a project or part of a project, if the Board
finds (A) that the immediate initiation or continuation
of such project is critical to the public health or
compliance with water quality standards of the State, and
(B) that a timely and sufficient Federal grant is not
available for such project or part of a project. In
approving such grants, the Board of Public Works shall
make all reasonable efforts not to jeopardize Federal
grants for the remaining part of such projects.

SECTION 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
portion (word, sentence, paragraph, proviso or section)
of this Act shall be held invalid for any reason, the
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect, and such invalid portion shall be considered
severed and deleted from this Act.

SECTION 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 263
(House Bill 809)

AN ACT concerning

[[Special Educational Services - Funding]]
Handicapped children — Aid to Education

FOR the purpose of providing [[new methods, procedures,
and formulas for the State and local funding of
special educational services; defining terms;
providing for a 4 year phase—in of the program;
requiring certain basic contributions by State and
local governments to the programs; providing for
modifications of Special Educational Service plans
under certain circumstances; making style changes;
and relating generally to special educational
services.]] a method for distributing the amount of

the__General Fund appropriated for handicapped

children for the Fiscal Year 1975-1976.