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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 263

[[BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 77 — Public Education

Section 99

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 77 - Public Education

Section 100 and 101

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)]]

BY adding to

Article 77 — Public Education

Section [[106F, 106G, and 106H]] 100B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That [[Section 99 of]] a new Section 100B be
and it is hereby added to Article 77 — Public Education,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume and 1974 Supplement) [[be and it is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments,]] to read as
follows:

Article 77 — Public Education

[[99.

[It shall be the duty of the] THE boards of
education of the several counties and Baltimore City [to]
SHALL furnish to their respective health departments any
information they may receive as to children with mental,
physical, and/or emotional handicaps living within the
boundaries of their school system. The health
departments shall recommend which [such] OF THESE
children need additional diagnostic or treatment services
and shall refer such children to THE boards of education
for evaluation. The boards of education [shall] ARE be
responsible for the identification of [such] THOSE
handicapped children in need of special [education]
EDUCATIONAL services, and shall provide or arrange for
appropriate educational facilities and services. These
facilities and services shall include transportation
during the regular school year for handicapped children
properly enrolled in any public school or school