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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 835

(1)  IS BETWEEN 16 19 AND THROUGH 21 20 YEARS
OLD, DURING FISCAL YEAR 1980; AND

(2)  WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL OR HAD AN
ABSENCE WAS DENIED UNABLE TO RECEIVE APPROPRIATE SERVICES
BECAUSE OF:

(I) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES;

(II) INADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES;

(III) (II) THE NONIMPLEMENTATION OF
APPROVED INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PLANS (IEP); STATE AND
LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PLANS;

(IV) (III) THE NONIMPLEMENTATION OF
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (IEP);

(V) DISMISSAL; OR

(IV)  DISMISSAL FOR REASONS RELATED TO THE
HANDICAP; OR

(V)  HEALTH RELATED REASONS WHICH PREVENTED
ATTENDANCE FOR 180 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

(VI) HEALTH RELATED REASONS.

(B)  COMPENSATORY SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES SHALL NOT
BE TERMINATED SOLELY BECAUSE A HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL
REACHES THE AGE OF 21.

(C)  THE PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
TERMINATE ON JUNE 30, 1985 1982.

(D)  DISAGREEMENTS REGARDING AN INDIVIDUAL'S

ELIGIBILITY ARE TO BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVIEW
REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 8-415 OF THIS ARTICLE.

8-402.

(a)  (1) The State and each county shall make free
educational programs available to each handicapped child,
including a child who is severely handicapped AND AN
INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATORY SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES, as provided by this subtitle.

(2) THE STATE SHALL REIMBURSE A COUNTY IN FULL
FOR COMPENSATORY SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO AN
INDIVIDUAL OVER AGE 21.

(b)  Appropriate special educational services AND
COMPENSATORY SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES are to begin as
soon as [a child] AN INDIVIDUAL can benefit from them,
whether or not he is of regular school age.