H.B. 494                                                 VETOES

and talented; establishing incentives to county boards of education for the
development, implementation, and evaluation of certain programs and services;
allowing county boards of education to develop certain databases; requiring the
State Board of Education to disseminate certain information, work with business
community members to permit certain options, and coordinate the development of
certain programs for gifted and talented students; authorizing the State Board of
Education to award grants for certain purposes; requiring the State Board of

Education to establish certain evaluation criteria; requiring the State Board of

Education to conduct certain monitoring activities;—requiring county boards of
education to develop and implement certain programs and services for certain
students, maintain certain databases, provide certain kinds of communication with
parents and community members, and provide certain-kinds of staff development;
establishing certain priorities for the awards; requiring a certain application
procedure and content establishing the Excellence in Education Incentive Grant
Program in the State Department of Education; requiring certain local boards of
education that receive grants to develop and implement certain programs, provide
certain staff development, and disseminate certain information; requiring the State
Board of Education to adopt certain regulations and conduct certain monitoring;
altering a certain definition; requiring that funding for this Act be provided from
certain amounts; providing for the effective date of this Act: making stylistic and
technical changes: and generally relating to the education for gifted and talented
students establishment of the Excellence in Education Incentive Grant Program in
the State Department of Education.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 8-201, 8-202. 8-203, and 8-204
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing

Article - Education

Section 8-202, 8-203, and 8-204
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 8-202, 8-203, 8-204, and 8-205 8-2A-01 through 8-2A-03, inclusive, to be
under the new subtitle "Subtitle 2A. Excellence in Education Incentive Grant
Program"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume)

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