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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 288
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(3) Significant attempts to assist provisionally certified teachers in
becoming certified in this State; and
(4) Significant attempts to rehire retired certified teachers.
(h) The Board shall measure substantial efforts based on the change in the
number of provisionally certified teachers from the actual number of provisionally
certified teachers employed as of December 1, 1999.
(i) No local education agency may expend funds received from the Maryland
Learning Success Program to pay salary or benefits costs for provisionally certified
teachers.
(j) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local
education agency may not receive a Maryland Learning Success Program grant
unless the local education agency expends its federal class size reduction initiative
grants provided in Public Law 105-277 to reduce class sizes for reading instruction in
the first and second grades.
(2) If a local education agency has a ratio of no greater than 20 students
per one teacher for reading instruction in the first and second grades, paragraph (1) of
this subsection does not apply.
(k) (1) On or before October 1, in 2001 and each succeeding year, each local
education agency shall submit a Maryland Learning Success Program report to the
State Superintendent.
(2) The report shall describe the local education agency's actual use of
funding from Maryland Learning Success Program grants, federal class size initiative
grants provided in Public Law 105-277, and any other federal funds provided
specifically for the purpose of increasing the number of teachers.
(3) The report shall include the results of the performance indicators
specified in the local education agency's Maryland Learning Success Program plan.
(4) The report may propose changes to the local education agency's
Maryland Learning Success Program plan.
(5) The report shall include any other information required by guidelines
or regulations issued by the State Board.
(6) The report shall be in a form and format specified by the State
Superintendent.
(1) On or before December 31 of each year, the Superintendent shall report the
status of the Maryland Learning Success Program to the Governor and the General
Assembly.
(m) For fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Governor shall
include funds in the State budget to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(n) The State Board may establish any guidelines or regulations that it
determines are necessary to implement the purposes of this section.]
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