MARVIN MANDEL,

Governor

1267

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 77 - Public Education
Section 73A(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 73A (a) and (b) of Article 77 -
Public Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1975
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 77 — Public Education

73A.

(a)         (1) The Prince George's County superintendent
of schools shall devise an affidavit of disclosure form
to be completed AND SIGNED by parents [and] OR guardians
OF A STUDENT [enrolling students] in the public schools
of Prince George's County[.]:

(I)          WHO IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED OR
ATTENDING SCHOOL DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1976;

(II)       WHO IS ENTERING THE PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM; OR

[[(III) WHO TRANSFERS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO
ANOTHER WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, OR TRANSFERS FROM
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OR FROM JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.]]

(III)          WHO CHANGES RESIDENCE WITHIN

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

(2) By regulation, he shall make completion
of an affidavit of disclosure a prerequisite of admission
to the public schools, except that parents and guardians
who are newly arrived residents shall have 30 days after
enrollment, if necessary, to complete such affidavit.

(b)         The purpose of the affidavit of disclosure
shall be limited to ascertaining from a parent or
guardian [enrolling] OF a student in the public schools
his or her legal residence, the duration of his or her
residency in Maryland, the registration numbers of motor
vehicles owned by a parent or guardian, and his or her
driver's permit number and the state, district, or
territory which issued it.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and