1914                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                   Ch. 531

EMPLOYEES. AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 10 PERCENT OF THIS SUM,
ON A STATEWIDE BASIS, SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY APPROVED
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE
DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE CITY.

(2) THESE ADDITIONS TO THE STATE SHARE FOR BASIC
CURRENT EXPENSES IN EACH COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY SHALL BE
CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS, USING THE SAME ENROLLMENT FIGURES AS
USED TO CALCULATE BASIC CURRENT EXPENSE AID IN EACH YEAR
UNDER THIS SECTION.

(I) THE AMOUNT DESCRIBED IN (D)(1) IS
DIVIDED BY THE STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT TO DETERMINE A PER PUPIL
PROGRAM LEVEL ON A STATEWIDE BASIS.

(II) FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE

STATEWIDE PER PUPIL PROGRAM LEVEL IS MULTIPLIED BY THE
ENROLLMENT IN THAT COUNTY TO PROVIDE A BASIC UNADJUSTED
COUNTY PROGRAM.

(III) A RATIO OF COUNTY WEALTH PER PUPIL
TO STATE WEALTH PER PUPIL IS CALCULATED USING ENROLLMENT AND
WEALTH FIGURES AS FOR CALCULATION OF CURRENT EXPENSE AID.
EACH COUNTY'S WEALTH IS DIVIDED BY ITS ENROLLMENT TO
DETERMINE COUNTY WEALTH PER PUPIL. WEALTH ON A STATEWIDE
BASIS IS DIVIDED BY STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT TO DETERMINE STATE
WEALTH PER PUPIL. FOR EACH SUBDIVISION, COUNTY WEALTH PER
PUPIL IS DIVIDED BY STATE WEALTH PER PUPIL TO ARRIVE AT A
WEALTH PER PUPIL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.

(IV) THE BASIC UNADJUSTED PROGRAM LEVEL IN
EACH COUNTY IS DIVIDED BY THE WEALTH PER PUPIL FACTOR FOR
THAT COUNTY TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM LEVEL ADJUSTED TO REFLECT
THE COUNTY'S WEALTH PER PUPIL RELATIVE TO THE STATEWIDE
WEALTH PER PUPIL.

(V) THE AMOUNT TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN (D)(1)
OF THIS SUBSECTION IS DIVIDED BY THE SUM OF ALL THE ADJUSTED
PROGRAM LEVELS FOR ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS; THE QUOTIENT
FROM THIS DIVISION IS MULTIPLIED TIMES THE ADJUSTED PROGRAM
LEVEL IN EACH COUNTY; THE RESULTING FIGURE IS THE STATE
PAYMENT TO THE SUBDIVISION.

(1) (I) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBSECTION, "ELIGIBLE POSITION MEANS A POSITION THAT IS HELD
BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION OR LOCAL
SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO IS A MEMBER OR WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND:

1.      WHO PERFORMS INSTRUCTIONAL DUTIES
IN A PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL DURING THE NORMAL 10-MONTH SCHOOL
YEAR AS A SUPERVISORY TEACHER, A TEACHER WHO IS
CERTIFICATED, A HELPING TEACHER, A CLASSROOM TEACHER AIDE;
OR

2.      WHO HOLDS ANY OTHER POSITION IN A
CLASS THAT WAS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR STATE PAYMENT OF