HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1913

OF THE PRECEDING FISCAL PERIOD BE GREATER THAN THE AVERAGE
OF THE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN THE UNITED STATES ALL
ITEMS UNADJUSTED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE SAME INDEX FOR THE WASHINGTON, D.
C. METROPOLITAN AREA AS MEASURED FROM SEPTEMBER OF THE
SECOND PRECEDING YEAR TO SEPTEMBER PRECEDING THE BEGINNING
OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH SCHOOL AID CALCULATIONS ARE
BEING MADE, OR 8 PERCENT, WHICHEVER IS THE LESSER PERCENTAGE
FIGURE.

(3)  To be eligible to receive the State share of
basic current expenses, the county governing body shall levy
an annual tax sufficient to provide an amount of revenue for
elementary and secondary public education purposes equal to
the product of the wealth of the county and a uniform
percentage determined for each fiscal year. This uniform
percentage shall be determined as follows: The sum of the
basic current expenses to be shared for all of the counties
shall be multiplied, for the first $624[,] by 0.45, for the
[additional $160,] BALANCE OF THE PER PUPIL BASIC CURRENT
EXPENDITURE LEVEL AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION by 0.50, and this product shall then be divided
by the sum of the wealth of all of the counties; the
resulting quotient, expressed as a percentage rounded to the
[third] FIFTH decimal place, is the uniform percentage.

(4)  The State share of basic current expenses
for each county is the difference between the county share
calculated under paragraph (3) of this subsection and the
basic current expense to be shared, as indicated in
paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(5)  Of the Baltimore County share of the State
basic current expense, Baltimore County shall pay to Lida
Lee Tall School of Towson State University the percentage of
the State basic current expense obtained by dividing the
number of students in Lida Lee Tall School by the total
number of students enrolled in Baltimore County and the
Lida Lee Tall School.

(D) FOR FISCAL 1981, AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER,

THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD SOCIAL SECURITY FOR

TEACHERS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE PAYMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN
EACH COUNTY SHALL BE PAID 90 PERCENT BY THE STATE AND 10
PERCENT BY THE COUNTY.

(1) FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981, AND FOR EACH FISCAL
YEAR THEREAFTER, AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 10 PERCENT, ON A
STATEWIDE BASIS, OF THE AMOUNT INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL STATE
BUDGET BY THE EXECUTIVE FOR PAYMENT OF 12 MONTHS OF THE
EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FOR ELIGIBLE
LOCAL TEACHERS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY APPROVED BUDGET
AMENDMENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE
DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE CITY. THE ANNUAL
STATE BUDGET BY THE EXECUTIVE SHALL INCLUDE AN AMOUNT
ESTIMATED TO BE EQUAL TO 100 PERCENT OF 12 MONTHS OF THE
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FOR ELIGIBLE LOCAL