ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 164

(4) (i) If the Department approves a final proposal of a county board,
the Department shall distribute to the county board moneys from the Fund to cover
the cost of extending the contracts of participating teachers to implement and operate
the Program.

(ii) Moneys distributed from the Fund by the Department may be
used only to cover the cost of extending the contracts of participating teachers.

(d)     (1) A county board may include in a final proposal:

(i) Curriculum and activities that are for the benefit of children in
any grade from kindergarten through grade 12 who are under the supervision of the
Department;

(ii) Curriculum and activities that use school facilities, libraries, or
any other facilities at a location described in the final proposal;

(iii) Curriculum and activities that are implemented for a school, for
a group of schools, or for a county school system;

(iv) Curriculum and activities that are coordinated with an
after-school opportunity program operating under Article 41, Title 6, Subtitle 8 of the
Code;

(v) Tutoring in subjects specified in the final proposal; or

(vi) Field trips to locations described in the final proposal.

(2) A county board shall include in a final proposal the estimated cost of
extending the contracts of participating teachers.

(e)     (1) For fiscal year [2002] 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year, the
Governor [may] SHALL include funds in the State budget OF NOT LESS THAN $500,000
to establish and maintain the Program and the Fund and to accomplish the purposes
of this section.

(2) Appropriations made under this section for extending the contracts of
participating teachers may not be used to supplant the existing State share of basic
current expenses under § 5-202 of the Education Article.

(f)      The Department may adopt regulations to:

(1)     Establish criteria for approving a final proposal;

(2)     Administer the Fund; and

(3)     Implement this section.

Chapter 691 of the Acts of 2001

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
[October 1, 2001] JUNE 1, 2003. It shall remain effective for a period of [3] 5 7 years

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