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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 507

(j) (1) The State Board shall send the Governor
an annual State public school budget including, subject to
the State Constitution and existing laws, the appropriation
for:

(i) The Department; AND

(ii) State aid to the counties for current
expenses, FOR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION and for the
construction of school buildings[; and

(iii) The necessary costs of transporting
students to public schools, as the State Board estimates
them after considering the recommendations of the State
committee on the school bus formula].

(2) The budget shall be certified by the State
Superintendent before it is sent to the Governor.

4-119.

(a)  If a county board considers it practicable, it
shall consolidate schools.

(b)   [Subject to the approval of the State
Superintendent, each] EACH county board shall arrange for
the transportation of students to and from consolidated
schools.

5-201.

(c)  The State Comptroller shall charge against and, as
provided in this section, pay from the General State School
Fund the following annual appropriations for:

(1)  The support of the department, including the
expenses of the State Board and the support and expenses of
the office of the State Superintendent;

(2)  The Maryland Teachers' Retirement System;

(3)  The education of handicapped children;

(4)  Subsidized or free feeding programs;

(5)  The administration and supervision of
vocational education in public high and vocational schools;

(6)  Physical education and recreation;

[(7) Medical examination of school bus drivers;

(8)] (7) Case and guidance service for
handicapped individuals who need vocational rehabilitation;

[(9)] (8) Equivalence examinations;