Ch. 207

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

in an informal kinship care relationship due to a serious family hardship;
altering a certain definition; defining certain terms; requiring certain relatives
of a child to file certain affidavits and certain supporting documentation under
certain circumstances; requiring certain supporting documentation to be
consistent with certain privacy and confidentiality policies and statutes;
establishing the contents and form of certain affidavits; requiring certain
affidavits to be provided free of charge at certain offices; authorizing certain
relatives to make educational decisions for children in their custody; requiring
each county board of education to report certain information to the Maryland
State Department of Education on or before certain dates; requiring the
Department to compile and submit certain information to certain legislative
committees; and generally relating to children in out of county living
arrangements who live with relatives who provide informal kinship care due to
a serious family hardship.

BY renumbering

Article - Education

Section 7-101(c)

to be Section 7-101(d) 7-101(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 4-122(a) and 7-101(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 4-122.1 and 7-101(c) and (d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 7-101(c) of Article - Education of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 7-101(d) 7-101(e).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Education

4-122.

(a) (1) In this section the following words shall have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Local current expense per student" means all expenditures made by
a county from county appropriations, except State, federal, and other aid, for public

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