Ch. 1

1992 LAWS OF MARYLAND

increase in the private transportation category of the Consumer Price Index for all urban
consumers, for the Baltimore metropolitan area, as of July of the second fiscal year
preceding the year for which the amount is being calculated.

(2) The increase in the amount of the grant may not be less than 3 percent
nor more than 8 percent of the amount of the grant for the previous year.

(c)     For [fiscal year 1990 and] each fiscal year [thereafter], in addition to the
grant provided under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a handicapped student
transportation grant shall be distributed to each county board. The amount of the grant to
each board shall be $500 times the number of handicapped students requiring special
transportation services who are transported by the county board in excess of the number
transported during the 1980-1981 school year.

(d)     For the purposes of determining the amount of the grant provided under
subsection (c) of this section, the State Board shall develop a procedure and adopt
regulations for determining the number of handicapped students transported in each
jurisdiction in excess of the number transported in the 1980-1981 school year.

(e)     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.

16-205.

(b) (1) (i) In this subsection "tuition" means the basic instructional charge
for courses offered at a community college;

(ii) "Tuition" does not include:

1. Any fees or costs associated with a self-supporting program;
or

2.	Any fees for:
A.	Registration;
B.	Application;
C.	Administration; or
D.	Laboratory work.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, any resident of
this State who is 60 years old or older and who enrolls in any class, which is eligible under
§ 16-403 of this title for State support, at the community college:

(i) Shall be exempt from payment of tuition; and

(ii) Shall be counted in computing full-time equivalent enrollment
under § 16-403 of this title if enrolled in any class that is eligible for State support.

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