MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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maintained by any State agency or in any nonpublic
educational facility[, which nonpublic educational
facility is] approved as a special [education]
EDUCATIONAL facility by the State Department of
Education[; if the enrollment and transportation have
been approved by the State Superintendent of Schools].
If [this] THE facility is located outside the State of
Maryland or the political subdivision in which the child
resides, and if State aid has provided for that child's
education under the provisions of § 100 of this article,
[as amended from time to time,] the political subdivision
in which the child resides shall certify and pay the cost
of his [daily] REASONABLE transportation during the
regular school year, and the State shall reimburse the
subdivision for providing this transportation from the
general funds of the State.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
100 and 101 of Article 77 — Public Education, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and
1974 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 106F, 1066 and 106H be and they are hereby added
to Article 77 — Public Education, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 77 — Public Education

106F. STATE AND LOCAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

(A) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,

(1)    "BASIC SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES"
MEANS THE EXPENDITURES MADE BY A COUNTY FROM STATE AND
COUNTY REVENUE FOR PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SPECIAL
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EXCLUSIVE OF (I) PAYMENTS FOP DEBT
SERVICE, CAPITAL OUTLAY, AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS;
(II) STATE AID FOR DRIVERS EDUCATION PAID PURSUANT TO
§6-111.1 OF ARTICLE 66 1/2; (III) STATE AID FOR FOOD
SERVICES; AND (IV) STATE AID FOR TRANSPORTATION OF
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN PURSUANT TO §99 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(2)    "COUNTY", "PUPILS", "PUPILS ENROLLED",
"WEALTH", "ADJUSTED ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY",
AND "NET TAXABLE INCOME" HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 128A(A) OF THIS ARTICLE.

(3)    "SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES" HAS THE
MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION 106D(A) OF THIS ARTICLE.