HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        663

5. [$1,947] $1,988 for fiscal year 1989.

(e) (3) The compensatory education funds shall be used for
expenses of instruction except that a county must expend no less
than the following amounts to provide dedicated compensatory
programs for children with special education needs that have
resulted from educationally disadvantaged environments:

(i) 1. For fiscal year 1985, the product of $70
multiplied by its Chapter 1 eligible count for the prior fiscal
year; and

2. For each fiscal year thereafter, the
sum of;

a. The product of $70 multiplied by its
Chapter 1 eligible count for the prior fiscal year; and

b. The product of 25 percent of a
county's increased State aid for the current fiscal year over the
fiscal year 1985 level under this program; and

(ii) For a county that has a population density
of over 8,000 per square mile as determined by the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, two-thirds of the [products of $100
and its enrollment] AMOUNT RECEIVED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION.

(f)  (1) [For fiscal year 1985 and thereafter, an] AN amount
as determined in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall ANNUALLY
be set aside from the State shares of basic current expense aid
to each county; these amounts are to be utilized for
vocational-technical education programs in accordance with
guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. These funds
shall not be used to supplant local contributions for
vocational-technical programs. A county board of education shall
maintain its fiscal effort on either a per student basis or on an
aggregate basis for vocational education, compared with the
amount expended in the previous fiscal year, to be eligible to
receive its vocational-technical set-aside from basic current
expense aid.                                 

(2) The vocational-technical set-asides from basic
current expense aid for each subdivision are calculated as
follows for each county:

(i) The number of full-time equivalent students
in grades 10 through 12 enrolled in vocational-technical programs
in each county on September 30 of the previous year is divided by
the statewide number of full-time equivalent students in grades
10 through 12 enrolled in vocational-technical programs on
September 30 of the previous school year.

(ii) The quotient derived in (i) is multiplied
by [$2.9] $3.9 million.