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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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(4) targeting financial incentives to the recruitment and retention of
teachers and school administrators.
(b) The State Department of Education shall provide a final report of its
findings and recommendations to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of
the State Government Article, to the General Assembly by January 1, 2003.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the Governor shall include in the State budget for fiscal year
2003 an appropriation of at least $2,730,000 for the Maryland Professional
Development Program in § 6-801 of the Education Article as enacted in this Act.
SECTION 4. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the Governor shall include in the State budget for fiscal year
2003 an appropriation of at least $476,000 in an amount sufficient to fund the
provisions of § 7-203,1 of the Education Article, as enacted in this Act, for the
administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to every 10th grade
student students in the State. The Governor shall include an appropriation in the
State budget for fiscal year 2004 and each subsequent fiscal year in an amount
sufficient to fund the provisions of § 7-203.1 of the Education Article, as enacted in
this Act.
SECTION 5. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that:
(a) The K-16 Leadership Council shall be formalized through a Memorandum
of Understanding signed by the State Superintendent of Schools, the Secretary of
Higher Education, the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, and private
colleges and universities.
(b) If funding is provided in the State budget, the The K-16 Leadership
Council shall establish study and plan for the establishment of the K-16 Research
and Development Institute and the Maryland Clearinghouse for Educational
Statistics.
SECTION 6. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the State Department of Education develop, in conjunction
with the Professional Standards and Teacher in Teaching Education Board, a
certificate for middle school teachers.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the Governor include sufficient funds in the State budget of
the Maryland Higher Education Commission to provide awards to all students
eligible for need based programs under §§ 18-301,18-706(d), 18-1401, 18-1501, and
18-2601 of the Education Article and § 13-613(d)(1) of the Transportation Article.
SECTION 8. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that:
(a) The College Readiness Outreach Program established in § 18-303.1 of the
Education Article in this Act be implemented over a 5-year period beginning in fiscal
2003 2004, to the extent that funds are available;
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