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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 288
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(2) "ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND" MEANS A FAMILY
WHOSE INCOME WOULD MAKE A CHILD ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE
MEALS IF THE CHILD WERE IN KINDERGARTEN.
(3) "ELIGIBLE CHILD" MEANS A CHILD:
(I) WHO IS FROM AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
BACKGROUND;
(II) WHOSE PARENT OR GUARDIAN SEEKS TO ENROLL THE CHILD
IN A PUBLIC PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM; AND
(III) WHO IS 4 YEARS OLD ON SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
IN WHICH THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN SEEKS TO ENROLL THE CHILD IN A
PUBLIC PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
(4) "ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS" MEANS ELIGIBLE
FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS BASED ON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
(B) BY THE 2006-2007 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR, ALL ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
SHALL BE ADMITTED FREE OF CHARGE TO PUBLICLY FUNDED PREKINDERGARTEN
PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BY EACH OF THE COUNTY BOARDS.
(C) THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN § 7-101(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE
REGARDING THE DOMICILE OF A CHILD AND THE RESIDENCY OF THE CHILD'S
PARENT OR GUARDIAN SHALL APPLY TO PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
ESTABLISHED BY COUNTY BOARDS AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
(D) IN THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN THAT IS SUBMITTED UNDER §
5-401 OF THIS ARTICLE, A COUNTY BOARD SHALL IDENTIFY THE STRATEGIES THAT
WILL BE USED IN THAT COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT PUBLICLY FUNDED
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN
THAT COUNTY BY THE 2006-2007 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR
7-103.
(a) Except as provided in subsections [(b) and (e)] (B), (E), AND (F) of this
section, each public school under the jurisdiction of a county board:
(1) (i) Shall be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 actual school
days and a minimum of 1,080 school hours during a 10-month period in each school
year; or
(ii) If normal school attendance is prevented because of conditions
described in subsection (b) of this section, shall be open for at least 1,080 hours during
a 10-month period; and
(2) Shall be open for pupil attendance a minimum of 3 hours during each
school day; and
(3) May not be open on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays in order to meet
the 180 day or 1,080 hour requirement of this subsection.
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