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(3)     Any balance from the levy at the end of the year shall revert to the
treasury of the county, and any deficiency shall be:

(i) Included in the next levy; and

(ii) Paid immediately to the Maryland School for the Blind.

(4)     Taxes levied and collected in any county under this section:

(i) Shall be used to defray the expenses of the blind children who
are sent to the Maryland School for the Blind; and

(ii) May not be transferred to any other fund by county authorities.]

8-317.

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

(2) "4-year average annual full-time equivalent enrollment" means:

(i) The average number of students enrolled annually in grades
prekindergarten through grade 12 at the Maryland School for the Blind during 4
consecutive school years as determined by dividing the aggregate monthly enrollment
during the 4-year period by the number of months school is in session during the
4-year period; and

(ii) One half the average number of children served annually by
the Maryland School for the Blind's Early Intervention Program during 4 consecutive
school years as determined by dividing the program's aggregate monthly enrollment
during the 4-year period by the number of months school is in session during the
4-year period.

(3) "ANNUAL SALARY INCREASE" MEANS THE INCREASE IN THE
AGGREGATE SALARIES OF TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL, AS
REQUIRED BY § 8-309 OF THIS SUBTITLE, FROM THE AGGREGATE SALARIES OF
TEACHERS AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR COMPARED
TO THE SECOND PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

(4) "Growth in the per pupil basic current expense figure" means the
change in the per pupil basic current expense figure from the prior fiscal year to the
current fiscal year divided by the per pupil basic current expense figure from the
prior fiscal year.

[(4)] (5) "Per pupil basic current expense figure" means the figure
calculated for each fiscal year by the Department in accordance with § 5-202 of this
article.

[(5)] (6) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, "prior year
appropriation" means the State appropriation to the Maryland School for the Blind in
the prior fiscal year less any funding provided under § 8-315 of this subtitle in the
prior fiscal year.

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