Ch. 105 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

101,648.0 for Fiscal Year 1998 aid;
97,842.5 for Fiscal Year 1999 aid;
94,616.5 for Fiscal Year 2000 aid; and
91,479.0 for Fiscal Year 2001 aid; and

89.197.5 for Fiscal Year 2002 aid. That for the purposes of calculating " State aid" in §
5-202(b) of the Education Article, the additional funds set forth in Section 7 of this Act shall
not be considered State aid.

SECTION 8. 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the financial
commitment enumerated in Section 6 7 of this Act shall be separate from established
State funding pursuant to APEX and other current or additional State funds provided to
the Baltimore City public schools. If new any new source of revenue becomes available to
the State during Fiscal Year 1998 through Fiscal Year 2002, and such revenue is
dedicated in whole or in part to education generally, the Baltimore City public schools
shall receive its designated share of those revenues without reduction of the additional
funds detailed in the consent decrees referenced in Section 6 7 of this Act. Furthermore,
the additional State funds described in Section 6 7 of this Act and the consent decrees
may not be provided by reducing any other State funds provided to Baltimore City.
Nothing in this Act, however, shall prevent the Governor or the General Assembly from
reducing local aid to Baltimore City as part of any general statewide reduction in local aid
for a special project or purpose. Baltimore City may not use any of this additional funding
to meet any statutory obligation to maintain levels of local funding for education.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each collective bargaining
agreement that is in effect on the effective date of this Act shall remain in force and
effect through June 30, 1997. The New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners
shall review each of these agreements to determine if the provisions of the agreement are
consistent with the purposes of the Master Plan and may negotiate changes to an
agreement.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each existing extended
or continued collective bargaining agreement including all memoranda of understanding
for Baltimore City public school employees that is in effect on the effective date of this
Act shall remain in full force and effect through June 30. 1997. These agreements
including memoranda of understanding shall remain in full force and effect thereafter,
except as otherwise modified by this Act, until the New Baltimore City Board of School
Commissioners negotiates changes to the agreements. Additionally, the New Baltimore
City Board of School Commissioners shall review each of these agreements to determine
if the provisions of the agreement are consistent with the purposes of the Master Plan and
may negotiate changes to an agreement.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the New Baltimore City
Board of School Commissioners shall initially recognize and bargain with each employee
organization that, prior to the effective date of this Act, was recognized as a bargaining
agent for a unit that included any Baltimore City public school employee as defined by
either § 6-501(f) of the Education Article, as amended by this Act, or the Baltimore City
Municipal Employee Relations Ordinance. Subsequently, the designation of the exclusive

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