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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section Sections 73 and 75 of Article 77 -
Public Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1975
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is they
are hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:
Article 77 — Public Education
73.
(A) All persons between the ages of five and
twenty years shall be admitted free of charge to the
public schools of the State provided, however, that in
those counties that do not on July 1, 1971 provide
kindergartens or which on this date provide less than
full kindergarten programs, implementation of full
kindergarten programs shall be phased in by September of
1973, but in no event shall full programs be mandatory
before September of 1973 provided, however, that full
kindergarten programs shall be implemented by September
of 1970 in Allegany and Carroll counties. [All] EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED IN (B), such public schools under the
jurisdiction of boards of education shall be kept open
for not less than one hundred eighty (180) actual school
days during a ten—month period of each school year.
(6) UPON WRITTEN APPLICATION FROM A COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION OR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS OF BALTIMORE CITY CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION
OF A DEMONSTRATED EFFORT BY THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD TO
COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF (A) ABOVE, THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION MAY PERMIT: ADJUSTMENTS IN THE LENGTH OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR; EXCEPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE
SCHOOL YEAR BE COMPLETED WITHIN A TEN-MONTH PERIOD;
ADJUSTMENTS IN THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY; THE OPENING
OF SCHOOLS ON SATURDAYS OR HOLIDAYS; OR ANY COMBINATION
OF THESE MEASURES; PROVIDED THAT THESE ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE
GRANTED ONLY FOR REASONS Of NATURAL OR CIVIL DISASTER OR
SEVERE HEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH PREVENT NORMAL SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE.
(C) IN ANY YEAR WHERE THERE ARE LESS THAN 180
SCHOOL DAYS PURSUANT TO AN APPLICATION APPROVED UNDER (B)
ABOVE, THERE SHALL BE NO DIMINUTION OF EDUCATION FUNDING
UNDER THE STATE FORMULA OR LOCAL FUNDS REDUCTION IN
EDUCATION FUNDING FROM STATE OR LOCAL SOURCES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVAL GRANTED UNDER (E) ABOVE.
75.
Schools shall be kept open each day during the
school year, except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, for
not less than six hours. THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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