HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               3613

AN ACT concerning

Education - Compensatory Special Education Services

FOR the purpose of altering the termination date of the
compensatory special education services programs.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,,

Article - Education

Section 8-401.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Education

8-401.1.

(a)  A handicapped individual shall receive up to 2
years compensatory special education services for as many
years as the individual was a resident of Maryland and was
unable to attend school or was unable to receive appropriate
educational services in any year after 1975, if the
individual:

(1)  Is between 19 through 20 years old, during
fiscal year 1980; and

(2)  Was unable to attend school or was unable to
receive appropriate services because of:

(i) The unavailability of special
educational services;

(ii) The nonimplementation of approved
State and local comprehensive educational plans;

(iii) The nonimplementation of
individualized educational programs (IEP);

(iv) Dismissal for reasons related to the
handicap; or

(v) Health related reasons which prevented
attendance for 180 consecutive days.

(b)  Compensatory special education services shall not
be terminated solely because a handicapped individual
reaches the age of 21.