CHAPTER 646
(House Bill 597)

AN ACT concerning

Caroline County - Education - Budget - Program Implications

FOR the purpose of requiring the Caroline County Board of Education to provide
certain information about certain program implications with the annual budget
when requested by the County Administrator and the Caroline County Board of
County Commissioners; requiring the Superintendent of Schools to submit
certain information about certain program implications at a certain time when
requested by the County Administrator or the County Commissioners; providing
for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to program implications of
the education budget of Caroline County.

BY adding to

Article - Education
Section 5-101(g)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

5-101.

(G) IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION,
THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, ON REQUEST OF THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UPON REQUEST BY THE CAROLINE
COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SHALL PROVIDE WITH THE ANNUAL
BUDGET THE PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS TO
OR INCREASES IN ITS ANNUAL BUDGET, AT WHATEVER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
FUNDING AND ACCOMPANIED BY WHATEVER REASONABLE SUPPORTING DETAIL
AND ANALYSIS AS MAY BE SPECIFIED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. PRIOR TO THIS SUBMISSION OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET,
SIMILAR INFORMATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS UPON REQUEST BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of
September 30, 2001, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this
Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.