WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 750

Article - Education

Section 5-402 through 5-405, inclusive, and 5-407

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 5-401 and 5-406 to be under the amended subtitle

"Subtitle 4. Accountability Reporting"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1985 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

Subtitle 4. Accountability [Task Force] REPORTING

5-401.

(a) (1) It is State policy that local educational agencies
should ensure that additional State education aid results in
demonstrated improvements in classroom instruction and student
performance.

(2) In order to effect demonstrated improvements in
classroom instruction and student performance, it is also State
policy that expenditure of increases in State public education
aid in basic current expense, as provided under Section 5-202(b),
and in compensatory education funds, as provided under Section
5-202(e), shall be limited to the following classifications:

(i) Salary enhancement expenditures for
existing instructional positions;

(ii) Salary expenditures for new positions
which are designed to reduce class size or reinstate or add or
enhance special programs, such as art, music, resource personnel,
student guidance, and gifted and talented programs;

(iii) Instructional materials, supplies, and
equipment;

(iv) A classroom teacher award program, subject
to the provisions of Title 6, Subtitle 4, of this article;

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