1334

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 263

WORCESTER                                                           189,195

(2)          FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR FROM 1976-77 TO AND
INCLUDING 1978-79, THE STATE SHARE OF BASIC SPECIAL
EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (B) SHALL
ALSO BE CALCULATED FOR EACH COUNTY.

(3)           FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1976-77, THE STATE
SHARE OF BASIC SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES FOR EACH
COUNTY SHALL BE THE AMOUNT LISTED IN SUBSECTION (C)(1)
PLUS (OR MINUS, AS THE CASE MAY BE) 25% OF THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THAT AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO
SUBSECTION (C) (2). IF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO
SUBSECTION (C)(2) IS GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT CALCULATED
PURSUANT OF SUBSECTION (C)(1), THE PERCENTAGE OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SHALL BE ADDED; OTHERWISE, IT
SHALL BE SUBTRACTED.

(4)         FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1977-78, THE STATE

SHARE OF BASIC SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES FOR EACH
COUNTY SHALL BE THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO
SUBSECTION (C)(1) PER PUPIL TIMES THE NUMBER OF PUPILS
ENROLLED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1977-78, AS DEFINED IN
SUBSECTION (A)(3) PLUS (OR MINUS, AS THE CASE MAY BE) 50%
OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT
CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C)(2). IF THE AMOUNT
CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C) (2) IS GREATER THAN
THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C)(1), THE
PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SHALL BE
ADDED; OTHERWISE, IT SHALL BE SUBTRACTED.

(5)          FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1978-79, THE STATE
SHARE OF BASIC SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES FOR EACH
COUNTY SHALL BE THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO
SUBSECTION (C) (1) PER PUPIL TIMES THE NUMBER OF PUPILS
ENROLLED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1978-79, AS DEFINED IN
SUBSECTION (A)(3) PLUS (OR MINUS, AS THE CASE MAY BE) 75%
OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT
CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C)(2). IF THE AMOUNT
CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C)(2) IS GREATER THAN
THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C)(1), THE
PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SHALL BE
ADDED; OTHERWISE, IT SHALL BE SUBTRACTED.

(6)          TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE STATE
SHARE OF BASIC SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES FOR THE YEARS
1976-77 THROUGH 1978-79 THE COUNTY GOVERNING BODY SHALL
LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE AN AMOUNT OF
REVENUE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EQUAL TO THE
PRODUCT OF THE WEALTH OF THE COUNTY, AS DEFINED IN
SUBSECTION (A) (2)         OF THIS SECTION, AND A UNIFORM
PERCENTAGE DETERMINED FOR EACH SUCH FISCAL YEAR AS
FOLLOWS: THE SUM OF THE BASIC SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL
EXPENSES TO BE SHARED FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES SHALL BE