BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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THE RESULTING QUOTIENT SHALL BE ROUNDED TO SIX DECIMAL
PLACES AND THEN EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE; THIS PERCENTAGE
FIGURE SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE UNIFORM PERCENTAGE;

(4)   FOURTH: A CALCULATION SHALL BE MADE FOR EACH
COUNTY BY MULTIPLYING THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTY BY THE
UNIFORM PERCENTAGE; THE PRODUCT IS THE INITIAL REQUIRED
LOCAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE COUNTY TO THE EXCESS COST PROGRAM;
THIS INITIAL REQUIRED LOCAL CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE
SUBTRACTED, FOR EACH COUNTY, FROM THE INITIAL TOTAL EXCESS
COST PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY, DETERMINED UNDER ITEM (2) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, AND THE REMAINDER IS THE INITIAL REQUIRED
STATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTY FOR THE PROGRAM;

(5)     FIFTH: THE INITIAL REQUIRED LOCAL
CONTRIBUTION AND THE INITIAL REQUIRED STATE CONTRIBUTION TO
THE EXCESS COST PROGRAM FOR EACH COUNTY, AS DETERMINED UNDER
ITEM (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION, SHALL BE MULTIPLIED BY AN INDEX
CALCULATED FOR THAT COUNTY AS FOLLOWS:

(I)   THE FISCAL YEAR 1976 EXCESS COST OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR EACH COUNTY BY ADDING THE
1976 COUNTY BASE AND STATE BASE, AS SET FORTH IN
§8-417.2(C) (1) OF THIS SUBTITLE;

(II)    FOR EACH COUNTY, THIS FISCAL YEAR 1976
EXCESS COST OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SHALL BE DIVIDED BY THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE COUNTY AS OF SEPTEMBER
30, 1975; THE QUOTIENT IS THE COUNTY'S PER STUDENT EXCESS
COST OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976;

(III)    THESE COUNTY PER STUDENT EXCESS COST
FIGURES SHALL THEN BE RANKED IN ORDER FROM THE HIGHEST TO
THE LOWEST;

(IV)    A MEDIAN PER STUDENT EXCESS COST THEN
SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ADDING TOGETHER THE FIGURES FOR THE
TWELFTH RANKED COUNTY AND THE THIRTEENTH RANKED COUNTY AND
DIVIDING THE SUM BY TWO;

(V)   THE MEDIAN PER STUDENT EXCESS COST SHALL BE
GIVEN AN INDEX NUMBER OF 1.000;

(VI)   EACH COUNTY THAT HAS A FISCAL YEAR 1976 PER
STUDENT EXCESS      COST OF SPECIAL EDUCATION EQUAL TO OR LESS
THAN THE MEDIAN   ALSO SHALL BE GIVEN AN INDEX NUMBER OF
1.000;

(VII)    EACH COUNTY THAT HAS A FISCAL YEAR 1976
PER STUDENT EXCESS COST OF SPECIAL EDUCATION GREATER THAN
THE MEDIAN SHALL BE GIVEN AN INDEX NUMBER CALCULATED BY
DIVIDING ITS PER STUDENT EXCESS COST BY THE MEDIAN PER
STUDENT EXCESS COST AND ROUNDING THE QUOTIENT TO THREE
DECIMAL PLACES;

(VIII)   THE APPROPRIATE INDEXES BY COUNTY ARE AS
FOLLOWS: