HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1843

(b) (3) To be eligible to receive the State share of basic
current expenses:

(i) The county governing body shall levy an
annual tax sufficient to provide an amount of revenue for
elementary and secondary public education purposes equal to the
product of the wealth of the county and a local contribution rate
determined for each fiscal year; [and]

(ii) 1. The county governing body shall
appropriate local funds to the school operating budget in an
amount no less than the greater of the product of the full-time
equivalent enrollment used in calculating the current expense aid
for the current fiscal year and the local appropriation on a per
pupil basis for the prior fiscal year or the highest local
appropriation to the school operating budget in the prior fiscal
year.

2. For purposes of this paragraph, the
local appropriation on a per pupil basis for the prior fiscal
year for a county is derived by dividing the county's highest
local appropriation to its school operating budget for the prior
fiscal year by the full-time equivalent enrollment used to
calculate the current expense aid for the county for the prior
fiscal year. For example, the calculation of the current expense
aid for fiscal year 1985 shall be based on the highest local
appropriation for the school operating budget for a county for
fiscal year 1984. Program shifts between a county operating
budget and a county school operating budget may not be used to
artificially satisfy the requirements of this paragraph; AND

(III) 1. BEGINNING WITH THE 1987-1988 FOR THE
1987-1988 AND 1988-1989 SCHOOL YEAR YEARS, THE COUNTY GOVERNING

BODY SHALL APPROPRIATE LOCAL FUNDS TO THE OPERATING

BUDGETS OF FISCAL YEARS 1987, 1988, AND 1989 FOR THE 7

EXENDITURES CLASSIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5-401(A)(2) OF

THIS TITLE THAT IN THE AGGREGATE EACH YEAR ARE NO LESS THAN THE
AGGREGATE LOCAL APPROPRIATION TO THE SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET FOR

THE 7 EXPENDITURE CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR FUNDS

TO THE SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET WITHIN THE INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RELATED COSTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND

FIXED CHARGES BUDGET CATEGORIES, AS SPECIFIED IN § 5-101 OF THIS

TITLE, THAT IN THE AGGREGATE EACH YEAR ARE NO LESS THAN THE

AGGREGATE APPROPRIATION TO THE SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET WITHIN

THESE 4 BUDGET CATEGORIES IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. FOR PURPOSES

OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, APPROPRIATIONS,

IN THE AGGREGATE, TO THE SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET WITHIN THESE 4

BUDGET CATEGORIES FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR MAY BE REDUCED BY THE

AMOUNT BY WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS IN THESE 4 BUDGET CATEGORIES IN THE

CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ARE LESS THAN THE FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED

IN THESE 4 BUDGET CATEGORIES IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. ANY FUNDS

DUE THE COUNTY FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AS PROVIDED UNDER §

5-202 OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY

RECEIVED IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR UNDER § 5-202, CANNOT BE USED

TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.