1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

RA02.05 Formula Programs for Specific
Populations
General Fund Appropriation...........................

RA02.07 Students With Disabilities

General Fund Appropriation...........................

To provide funds as follows:

Formula..............................................................

Non-Public Placements.....................................

Provided that funds appropriated for
non-public placements may be used to
develop a broad range of services to assist in
returning children with special needs from
out-of-state placements to Maryland; to
prevent out-of-state placements of children
with special needs; to prevent unnecessary
separate day school, residential or
institutional placements within Maryland;
and to work with local jurisdictions in these
regards. Policy decisions regarding the
expenditures of such funds shall be made
jointly by the Special Secretary for Children,
Youth and Families and the Secretaries of
Health and Mental Hygiene, Human
Resources, Juvenile Justice, Budget and
Management and the State Superintendent
of Education.

Further provided that funds may be
transferred to the Subcabinet Fund for the
purpose of assisting Local Management
Boards in providing continuing services to
children returned from out-of-state in
previous years who were originally placed in
the out-of-state setting by the Maryland
State Department of Education. Funds
transferred to the Subcabinet Fund should
be equivalent to the number of months of
in-state care provided through the Local
Management Boards during Fiscal Year
1998 to new year returnee multiplied by the
average monthly cost of maintaining the
child in the out-of-state placement.

9,453,500

145,736,781

81,253,347
64,483,434

RA02.08 Assistance to State for Educating
Students With Disabilities

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