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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 22

In revising this title, the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code deleted as unnecessary the provisions of
Article 77, §160(n). This subsection provides for the
severability of the provisions of §160 and is deleted in
light of Article 1, §23 providing for the severability of
all statutes enacted after July 1, 1973.

TITLE 7. PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SUBTITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

7-10 1. ADMISSION OF STUDENTS; KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.

(A)   ADMISSIONS.

ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 5 YEARS OLD OR OLDER AND UNDER
21 SHALL BE ADMITTED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
THIS STATE.

(B)       KINDERGARTENS.

THERE SHALL BE FULL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS IN EACH
COUNTY OF THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as the
first sentence of Art. 77, §73.

In this section, the present references to past
dates are deleted as obsolete.

The only other changes are in style.

The balance of Art. 77, §73 now appears as §7—103
of this subtitle.

7-102. DISCLOSURE AFFIDAVITS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN
ENTERING PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SCHOOLS.

(A)   COUNTY BOARD TO DEVELOP FORM.

THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD SHALL DEVELOP AN
AFFIDAVIT OF DISCLOSURE FORM TO BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY
THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF A STUDENT WHO IS ENTERING THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(B)   COMPLETION OF DISCLOSURE FORM PREREQUISITE TO
ADMISSION.

BY REGULATION, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL MAKE COMPLETION
OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF DISCLOSURE A PREREQUISITE FOR ADMISSION
TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EXCEPT THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO
ARE NEWLY ARRIVED RESIDENTS SHALL BE ALLOWED 30 DAYS AFTER
ENROLLMENT, IF NECESSARY, TO COMPLETE THE AFFIDAVIT.

(C)   DISCLOSURE LIMITED TO ASCERTAINING RESIDENCY.

THE PURPOSE OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF DISCLOSURE IS LIMITED