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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 288
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(ii) The amount to be provided to each county under this program is
determined as follows:
1. For each fiscal year, the product of the Chapter 1 eligible
count for the prior fiscal year for each county and the equivalent of 25 percent of the
per pupil basic current expense figure for the current fiscal year, rounded down to the
nearest dollar.
2. This product shall be divided by the ratio, rounded to 7
decimal places, of county wealth per county full-time equivalent enrollment to
statewide wealth per full-time equivalent enrollment.
3. These results shall be multiplied by a factor rounded to 7
decimal places and calculated by dividing the compensatory education funds program
level by the sum of the quotients determined in item 2 of this subparagraph.
(3) (i) The compensatory education funds shall be used for expenses of
instruction except that a county must expend no less than the amount provided in
subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph to provide dedicated compensatory programs for
children with special education needs that have resulted from educationally
disadvantaged environments.
(ii) For each fiscal year, the amount required to be expended by a
county under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph is the sum of:
1. The product of $70 multiplied by its Chapter 1 eligible
count for the prior fiscal year; and
2. The product of 25 percent of a county's increased State aid
for the current fiscal year over the fiscal year 1985 level under this program.
(4) (i) The county superintendent for any county qualifying for
compensatory education funds under this subsection shall secure the approval of the
State Superintendent for plans that outline the use of the dedicated compensatory
funds and shall meet any other requirements established by the State Board of
Education for use of these funds.
(ii) The State Board shall advise the Accountability Task Force as
to any county that does not comply with the requirements established by the State
Board for the use of the funds.
(5) If, because of changes from one fiscal year to the next in the
statewide full-time equivalent enrollment or the statewide Chapter 1 eligible count,
the compensatory education funds allocated to a county. under this section is
calculated to be less than 85 percent of the allocation to the county in the prior fiscal
year, the funds for the county shall be increased to 85 percent of the prior fiscal year
amount.
(f) (1) An amount as determined in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall
annually be set aside from the State shares of basic current expense aid to each
county; these amounts are to be utilized for career and technology education
programs in accordance with guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education.
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