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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 288
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(ii) The Department and the State Board shall report annually to
the General Assembly, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, on the
assessment process and effectiveness of programs for non- and limited-English
proficient students.
(5) A county board shall expend the State funds received under this
subsection for programs for non- and limited-English proficient students and shall
report annually to the Department on the actual expenditures of the State funds
received under this section.
(d) (1) Each county board shall receive from the State, in the manner and
subject to the limitations under this section, an amount for each school year to be
known as the "Targeted Improvement Grant", which shall be calculated as provided
in this subsection.
(2) For each fiscal year, the Targeted Improvement Grant funding level
shall be the product of 2.5 percent of the per pupil basic current expense figure for the
current fiscal year, rounded to the nearest dollar, and 85 percent of the statewide free
and reduced price meal eligible count for the second prior fiscal year.
(3) The amount to be provided under this Program to a county in a fiscal
year shall be:
(i) 1. The product of 85 percent of the free and reduced price
meal eligible count for the second prior fiscal year for each county and 2.5 percent of
the per pupil basic current expense figure for the current fiscal year rounded to the
nearest dollar; divided by
2. The ratio, rounded to seven decimal places, of county
wealth per county full-time equivalent enrollment to statewide wealth per full-time
equivalent enrollment; multiplied by
(ii) A factor, rounded to seven decimal places, calculated by dividing
the Targeted Improvement Grant funding level by the sum of quotients determined in
item (i)2 of this paragraph.
(4) (i) The Targeted Improvement Grant funds shall be used to
provide supplemental funds to schools or specific structured after-school or summer
activities in which 25 percent or more of the students receive free and reduced price
meals.
(ii) A local school system shall distribute funds to these priority
areas based on its local comprehensive plan described in subsection (i) of this section
to increase the performance of students at risk of academic failure.
(e) (1) For fiscal year 1999 and every fiscal year thereafter, each school with
a free or reduced price student meal count of 25 percent or more of its student
population shall receive an $8,000 grant to enhance teacher development in dealing
with at-risk students.
(2) Beginning in fiscal year 1999, the Governor shall include in each
year's operating budget not less than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1998 for
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