HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               3439

(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 or
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;

[(10)] (9) Public libraries;

[(11)] (10) Adult education;