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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 507

(b) The transportation allocation of a county may not
be reduced because of compliance with this section.]

8-412.

(a)   [If the enrollment and transportation are approved
by the State Superintendent, each] EACH county board shall
provide or arrange for the transportation during the regular
school year of each handicapped child WHO IS in a PLACEMENT
APPROVED IN CONFORMITY WITH SECTIONS 8-403, 8-406, AND 8-409
OF THIS SUBTITLE AND APPLICABLE BYLAWS OF THE STATE BOARD
AND STANDARDS IN:

(1)  [Public] A PUBLIC school;

(2)   [School] A SCHOOL maintained by a State
agency; and

(3)  A nonpublic school [that is approved as a
special education facility by the Department].

(b)  The county board of the county in which the
handicapped child resides shall certify and pay the cost of
his daily or other reasonable transportation to school under
the rules and regulations adopted by the [State
Superintendent] STATE BOARD if:

(1)  The school is outside this State or the
county in which the child resides; and

(2)  State aid has provided for the education of
the child under this subtitle.

(c)  The rules and regulations adopted by the [State
Superintendent] STATE BOARD shall take into consideration
any hardship cases that reasonably may require additional
expenses to guarantee adequate transportation during the
regular school year.

[(d) The State shall reimburse a county from the
general funds of the State for providing transportation
under this section.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 508
(Senate Bill 3)
AN ACT concerning