ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 207

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each county board of
education, including the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, shall report
to the Maryland State Department of Education on or before September 1, 2003,
regarding:

(1)     the number of family hardship waivers that were granted during the
2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years;

(2)     the number of family hardship waivers that were granted under subsection
(1) of this section that were for out-of-state/out-of-country students;

(3)     the number of family hardship waivers that were granted under subsection
(1) of this section that were for out-of-county/in-state students;

(4)     the number of family hardship waivers that were denied and why they
were denied;

(5)     the fiscal impact on the local education agency of granting these family
hardship waivers including both a dollar amount and an assessment of future
implications of this dollar amount on the local education agency; and

(6)     the amount of money that a local education agency received from other
sources (i.e. other counties, other states) for a child placed in that county as the result
of an informal kinship care relationship.

The Maryland State Department of Education shall compile the reports from
the county boards of education and the Baltimore City Board of School
Commissioners and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, shall
submit a report that presents all of the data collected from the county boards in a
comprehensive manner to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on or before December 31,
2003.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each county board of
education, including the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, shall report
to the Maryland State Department of Education on or before October 1 of each year
regarding:

(1)     the number of family hardship waivers that have been granted as a result
of this Act;

(2)     the fiscal impact on the local education agency of this Act including both a
dollar amount and an assessment of future implications of this dollar amount on the
local education agency; and

(3)     the amount of money that a local education agency received from other
sources (i.e. other states, other counties) for a child placed in that county as the result
of an informal kinship care relationship.

The Maryland State Department of Education shall compile the reports from
the county boards of education and the Baltimore City Board of School
Commissioners and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, shall

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