GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET BILL FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL
YEAR A DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION TO FUND ALL UNFUNDED GRANTS.

16-508.

(a) (1) Beginning with Fiscal Year 1996, the Governor shall include in the
annual budget submission a General Fund appropriation for Baltimore City
Community College in the amount provided in subsection (b) of this section to provide
instruction and services to students enrolled in an English for Speakers of Other
Languages ("ESOL") program.

(2) To qualify for a grant under this section, each participant in the
program shall be a student:

(i) Born outside of the United States or whose native language is

not English;

(ii) Who comes from an environment where a language other than
English is dominant; or

(iii) Who is an American Indian or Alaskan native and comes from
an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on
the student's level of English language proficiency.

(b) [(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the] THE
amount of the grant shall be $800 times the number of qualified full-time equivalent
students who are enrolled in a Baltimore City Community College ESOL program, as
certified by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.

[(2) The total amount of the grant under this subsection may not exceed
$200,000 $100,000 $500,000 for any fiscal year.]

(c) Baltimore City Community College may not transfer State funds received
under this subsection to any other program or category.

(D) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, FOR
ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE STATE APPROPRIATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO FULLY
FUND ALL GRANTS ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SECTION, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET BILL FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR A DEFICIENCY
APPROPRIATION TO FUND ALL UNFUNDED GRANTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.