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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

RECEIVABLE BY THE STATE OR THE COUNTIES UNDER ANY FEDERAL
PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE FINANCING
OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, AND (II) THE
COST OF PLACING CHILDREN IN NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAMS AS PROVIDED FOR IN §106D(G) OF THIS ARTICLE.

(E)         "PUPILS ENROLLED" MEANS ALL PUPILS ENROLLED IN
GRADES [[ONE]] KINDERGARTEN        THROUGH        12        OR THEIR
EQUIVALENT IN REGULAR DAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS[[; ONE-HALF OF
THE NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS,
EXCEPT THAT FOR GARRETT COUNTY THE FULL NUMBER OF
KINDERGARTEN PUPILS SHALL BE INCLUDED; AND THE NUMBER OF
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PUPILS, AS DETERMINED BY REGULATION
OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ENROLLED IN EVENING
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS]]. THE PUPILS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY
INCLUDE THE STUDENTS IN THE LIDA LEE TALL SCHOOL OF
TOWSON STATE COLLEGE.

(F)          "WEALTH" MEANS, AS TO EACH OF THE COUNTIES,
THE RESPECTIVE WEALTH USED IN [[CALCULATING]] THE ANNUAL
CALCULATION OF THE STATE SHARE OF BASIC CURRENT EXPENSES
[[FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1976-77]], DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH §128A OF THIS ARTICLE.

106E-3. REQUIRED STATE AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS - FISCAL
YEAR 1981.

(A)         THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES REQUIRED
UNDER §106D OF THIS ARTICLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981 SHALL BE
FUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.

(B)          EACH COUNTY SHALL CONTRIBUTE THE BASIC COST,
AS DEFINED IN §106E-2(B), FOR EACH CHILD DOMICILED IN THE
COUNTY WHO, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, RECEIVES SPECIAL
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, WHETHER IN A PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC
PROGRAM.

(C)         THE STATE AND THE COUNTIES SHALL,
COLLECTIVELY, SHARE IN A CONTRIBUTION OF $100,000,000 AS
THE PUBLIC FUNDING OF THE EXCESS COST, AS DEFINED IN
§106E-2(D) OF THIS ARTICLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FOLLOWING FORMULA:

(1)          FIRST: THE SUM OF $100,000,000 SHALL BE
DIVIDED BY THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED IN ALL
OF THE COUNTIES AS OF SEPTEMBER 30[[, 1975]] OF THE
PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE QUOTIENT SHALL BE EXPRESSED
AS A DOLLAR FIGURE ROUNDED TO THE THIRD DECIMAL PLACE.

(2)          SECOND: THE NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED AS
OF SEPTEMBER 30[[, 1975]] OF THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, IN
EACH COUNTY SHALL BE MULTIPLIED BY THE QUOTIENT
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (C) (1) . THE
PRODUCT SHALL CONSTITUTE THE INITIAL TOTAL EXCESS COST
PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY.

(3)         THIRD: THE SUM OF $30,000,000 SHALL BE

DIVIDED BY THE AGGREGATE WEALTH OF ALL OF THE COUNTIES,