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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 288
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(i) The total [State grant for school] AMOUNT OF FUNDS
DISTRIBUTED BY THE STATE AS BASE GRANTS FOR STUDENT transportation for the
previous fiscal year divided by the STATEWIDE full-time equivalent enrollment for
the previous fiscal year; and
(ii) [For fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, the] THE
difference between the full-time equivalent enrollment in a county for the current
fiscal year and the full-time equivalent enrollment in the county for the previous
fiscal year, or, if the full-time equivalent enrollment in a county for the current fiscal
year is less than the full-time equivalent enrollment in the county for the previous
fiscal year, zero.
(3) The increase in the amount of [the] A BASE grant FOR STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION that is based on the increase in the private transportation category
of the Consumer Price Index may not be less than 3 percent nor more than 8 percent
of the amount of the grant for the previous year.
[(c)] (D) For each fiscal year, in addition to the BASE grant FOR STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION provided under subsections [(a) and] (b) AND SUBSECTION (C) of
this section, a [handicapped] DISABLED student transportation grant shall be
distributed to each county board. The amount of the grant to each board shall be
[$500 times] EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF the number of [handicapped] DISABLED
students requiring special transportation services who are transported by the county
board [in excess of the number transported during the 1980-1981 school year] IN
THE SECOND PRIOR FISCAL YEAR AND:
(1) $600 IN FISCAL YEAR 2003 2004;
(2) $700 IN FISCAL YEAR 2004 2005;
(3) $800 IN FISCAL YEAR 2005 2006;
(4) $900 IN FISCAL YEAR 2006 2007; AND
(5) $1,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2007 2008 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR
THEREAFTER
[(d)] (E) For the purposes of determining the amount of the grant provided
under subsection [(c)] (D) of this section, the State Board shall develop a procedure
and adopt regulations for determining the number of [handicapped] DISABLED
students transported in each jurisdiction [in excess of the number transported in the
1980-1981 school year] FN THE SECOND PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
[(e)] (F) The State Board shall adopt rules and regulations that provide for
the safe operation of the student transportation system of each county board of
education.
5-206.
(a) [This section may be cited as the School Accountability Funding for
Excellence Program.
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(b) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
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