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MD. Education Code Ann. §  3-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 3 - Establishment of County Boards of Education|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Part I - Boards Established|Section 3-105 - Composition of County Board

    (a)    Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section do not apply to a county if the number of members of the county board is regulated by other provisions of this title.    (b)    If a county school system has an enrollment of less than 50,000 students, the county board shall have five members, except that:        (1)    The Worcester County Board shall have the number of members provided in subsection (e) of this section; and        (2)    Any county board that had more than five members on July 1, 1969, shall retain that number of members.    (c)    If a county school system has an enrollment of 50,000 students or more but less than 100,000 students, the county board shall have seven members.    (d)    If a county school system has an enrollment of 100,000 students or more, the county board shall have nine members except as provided in § 3–901 of this title for Montgomery County and § 3–1002 of this title for Prince George’s County.    (e)    The Worcester County Board consists of seven voting members and one nonvoting student member from each public high school in the county.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  3-114 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 3 - Establishment of County Boards of Education|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Part III - Elected Boards|Section 3-114 - Election of County Boards; Baltimore City

    (a)    In the following counties, the members of the county board shall be elected:        (1)    Allegany;        (2)    Anne Arundel;        (3)    Calvert;        (4)    Carroll;        (5)    Cecil;        (6)    Charles;        (7)    Dorchester;        (8)    Frederick;        (9)    Garrett;        (10)    Howard;        (11)    Kent;        (12)    Montgomery;        (13)    Queen Anne’s;        (14)    St. Mary’s;        (15)    Somerset;        (16)    Talbot;        (17)    Washington;        (18)    Wicomico; and        (19)    Worcester.    (b)    In Baltimore City, in accordance with § 3–108.1 of this subtitle, the members of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners shall be a combination of members who are elected and appointed.    (c)    In Baltimore County, in accordance with Subtitle 2A of this title, the members of the county board shall be a combination of members who are elected and appointed.    (d)    In Caroline County, in accordance with Subtitle 3A of this title, the members of the county board shall be a combination of members who are elected and appointed.    (e)    In Harford County, in accordance with Subtitle 6A of this title, the members of the county board shall be a combination of members who are elected and appointed.    (f)    In Prince George’s County, in accordance with Subtitle 10 of this title, the members of the county board shall be a combination of members who are elected and appointed.    (g)    An individual subject to the authority of the county board may not serve as a member of the county board. At the time of filing a certificate of candidacy for election to a county board, a person shall certify to the local board of supervisors of elections whether or not the person is subject to the authority of the county board. The Governor may not issue a commission of election to a person who has certified affirmatively and who is elected to a county board until the member–elect offers proof that the member–elect is no longer subject to the authority of the county board.    (h)    The election of the county boards shall be held as provided in Subtitles 2 through 14 of this title and the Election Law Article.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part II - General Provisions|Section 5-206 - Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund

    (a)    Repealed.    (b)    Repealed.    (c)    Repealed.    (d)    Repealed.    (e)    Repealed.    (f)    (1)    In fiscal year 2006 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the State shall distribute grants from an appropriation in the State budget or general obligation bonds to county boards under the Aging Schools Program administered by the Interagency Commission on School Construction in amounts equal to the funding level calculated under paragraph (2) of this subsection.        (2)    In fiscal year 2013 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the funding level for a county is the following amounts for the following counties:            (i)    Allegany County    $97,791;            (ii)    Anne Arundel County    $506,038;            (iii)    Baltimore City    $1,387,924;            (iv)    Baltimore County    $874,227;            (v)    Calvert County    $38,292;            (vi)    Caroline County    $50,074;            (vii)    Carroll County    $137,261;            (viii)    Cecil County    $96,024;            (ix)    Charles County    $50,074;            (x)    Dorchester County    $38,292;            (xi)    Frederick County    $182,622;            (xii)    Garrett County    $38,292;            (xiii)    Harford County    $217,379;            (xiv)    Howard County    $87,776;            (xv)    Kent County    $38,292;            (xvi)    Montgomery County    $602,651;            (xvii)    Prince George’s County    $1,209,426;            (xviii)    Queen Anne’s County    $50,074;            (xix)    St. Mary’s County    $50,074;            (xx)    Somerset County    $38,292;            (xxi)    Talbot County    $38,292;            (xxii)    Washington County    $134,904;            (xxiii)    Wicomico County    $106,627; and            (xxiv)    Worcester County    $38,292.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-210 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part II - General Provisions|Section 5-210

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following terms have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Additional education appropriation” means the difference between a county’s education appropriation for the prior fiscal year and the county’s local share of the foundation program calculated under § 5-202 of this subtitle.        (3)    “Additional education effort” means a county’s additional education appropriation divided by the county’s wealth, rounded to seven decimal places.        (4)    “Full-time equivalent enrollment” has the meaning stated in § 5-202 of this subtitle.        (5)    “Guaranteed tax base program per pupil amount” means the lesser of:            (i)    20% of the annual per pupil foundation amount calculated under § 5-202 of this subtitle; and            (ii)    The product of a county’s additional education effort and the difference between guaranteed wealth per pupil and local wealth per pupil.        (6)    “Guaranteed wealth per pupil” means 80% of the statewide wealth per pupil.        (7)    “Local wealth per pupil” means a county’s wealth divided by the county’s full-time equivalent enrollment.        (8)    “Statewide wealth per pupil” means the sum of the wealth of all counties divided by the statewide full-time equivalent enrollment.        (9)    “Wealth” has the meaning stated in § 5-202 of this subtitle.    (b)    For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State shall distribute guaranteed tax base grants to county boards as provided in this section.    (c)    A county board is eligible to receive a guaranteed tax base grant if the county’s:        (1)    Additional education effort is greater than zero; and        (2)    Local wealth per pupil is less than the guaranteed wealth per pupil.    (d)    The amount of the guaranteed tax base grant shall be equal to the product of the county’s guaranteed tax base program per pupil amount and the county’s full-time equivalent enrollment multiplied by:        (1)    0.25 in fiscal year 2005;        (2)    0.50 in fiscal year 2006;        (3)    0.75 in fiscal year 2007; and        (4)    1.00 in fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-211 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part II - General Provisions|Section 5-211

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Data-based areas” means those areas identified by the State Board through the Maryland School Performance Program for which information is to be tracked for each school, each school system, and the State.        (3)    “Maryland School Performance Program” means a performance based education accountability program that focuses on accountability through school improvement in the public schools.        (4)    “Recipient school” means a public school that receives a recognition award under this section.    (b)    It is the intent of this section to reward a school that shows substantial improvement towards meeting standards established by the State Board for the data-based areas of the Maryland School Performance Program.    (c)    (1)    To the extent that funds are provided in the State budget, the State Superintendent annually shall distribute recognition awards to elementary and middle schools that show substantial improvement towards meeting standards of the Maryland School Performance Program.        (2)    The State Board shall establish guidelines for the determination of eligibility for and distribution of awards under paragraph (1) of this subsection.    (d)    (1)    The school improvement team of a recipient school shall determine how the award shall be used subject to the following conditions:            (i)    Recognition funds are in addition to and may not supplant federal, State, and local funds regularly appropriated for use by the school;            (ii)    Recognition funds may not be used for staff bonuses or differential pay increases; and            (iii)    Recognition funds shall be expended in accordance with policies and procedures of the school system where the recipient school is located.        (2)    The principal of a recipient school shall file with the local school superintendent a report indicating the amount of the award and the uses for which it was expended.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-212 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-212 - Items Included in Target per Pupil Foundation Amount

    (a)    Ten days before the end of July, September, November, January, March, and May, the State Superintendent shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount due at the end of each of these months to each county board for the annual State share of:        (1)    Funding for the foundation program under § 5-202 of this subtitle;        (2)    Transportation aid under § 5-205 of this subtitle;        (3)    Funding for compensatory education under § 5-207 of this subtitle;        (4)    Funding for students with limited English proficiency under § 5-208 of this subtitle;        (5)    Funding for special education students under § 5-209 of this subtitle;        (6)    Funding for the guaranteed tax base program under § 5-210 of this subtitle; and        (7)    Any money provided in the Department’s budget for special education services under § 8-414 of this article.    (b)    Amounts due shall be made in equal payments once every 2 months.    (c)    Within 5 days before the end of each of these months, the State Comptroller shall draw the Comptroller’s warrant on the State Treasurer for the amount due to the treasurer of each county board.    (d)    On receipt of the warrant of the State Comptroller, the State Treasurer immediately shall pay the amount due to the treasurer of each county board.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-213 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-213 - Distribution of Foundation Program Funds by State to County Board -- Distribution to Local Schools and Local Workforce Development Board

    (a)    After notification from the State Superintendent that a county is not complying with the provisions of the State program of public education, the State Comptroller shall withhold any installment due the county from the General State School Fund.    (b)    (1)    If the Superintendent finds that a county fails to meet the requirements of Subtitle 4 of this title, the Superintendent shall notify the county of such noncompliance.        (2)    If a county disputes the finding within 30 days of the issuance of such notice, the dispute shall be promptly referred to the State Board of Education which shall make a final determination.        (3)    Upon receipt of certification of noncompliance by the Superintendent or the State Board, the Comptroller shall suspend, until notification of compliance is received, payment of any funds due the county for the current fiscal year, as provided under § 5–202 of this subtitle which are appropriated in the General State School Fund, to the extent that the State’s aid due the county in the current fiscal year under that section in the Fund exceeds the amount which the county received in the prior fiscal year.    (c)    (1)    If the Superintendent finds that a county is not complying with the maintenance of local effort provisions of § 5–202(d)(1)(ii) of this subtitle, the Superintendent shall notify the county of such noncompliance.        (2)    If a county disputes the finding within 15 days after the issuance of a notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the dispute shall be referred promptly to the State Board, which shall make a final determination.        (3)    (i)    Within 15 days of receipt of certification of noncompliance by the Superintendent or the State Board and subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Comptroller shall, under § 2–608 of the Tax – General Article, withhold income tax revenue from the county so that the total amount withheld is equal to the amount by which a county failed to meet the maintenance of effort requirement.            (ii)    The Comptroller shall distribute the amount withheld under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph directly to the county board.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-213.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-213.1 - Effect of Noncompliance With Payment of Local Share of Foundation Floor Funds

    (a)    If the Superintendent finds that a county is not complying with the local share of the foundation floor required under § 5–202(d)(1)(i) of this subtitle, the Superintendent shall notify the county of such noncompliance.    (b)    If a county disputes the finding within 15 days of the issuance of a notice under subsection (a) of this section, the dispute shall be referred promptly to the State Board, which shall make a final determination.    (c)    (1)    Within 15 days of receipt of certification of noncompliance by the Superintendent or the State Board and subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Comptroller shall, under § 2–608 of the Tax – General Article, withhold income tax revenue from the county so that the total amount withheld is equal to the State share of the foundation program plus the difference between the amount appropriated by the county under § 5–202(d)(1)(i) of this subtitle and the local share of the foundation program.        (2)    The Comptroller shall distribute the amount withheld under paragraph (1) of this subsection directly to the county board.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-214 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-214 - Guaranteed Tax Base Program

    (a)    (1)    The State Board may accept for the State:            (i)    Any appropriation of money for educational purposes and subsidized or free feeding programs for the public schools that is made out of the federal treasury by an act of Congress; and            (ii)    Any additional funds directed to the State Board by an act of Congress or federal regulation.        (2)    The State Board is the educational authority for the expenditure and administration of these funds.    (b)    (1)    All of these funds received by the State shall be received into the State Treasury.        (2)    On warrant of the State Comptroller, the State Treasurer may:            (i)    Receive and provide for the proper custody of these funds; and            (ii)    Make disbursements on the order of the State Board according to the procedure established for the State Treasurer.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-215 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-215 - Distribution of Blueprint Transition Grant Amounts to County Boards

    (a)    The State Board shall distribute grants each year to organizations that:        (1)    Promote literacy at an early age during well child visits in a health care setting; and        (2)    Solicit the corporate community for funding for promoting literacy at an early age.    (b)    An organization that is awarded a grant by the State Board under this section shall use the grant to:        (1)    Purchase books to be distributed at well child visits in the health care setting; and        (2)    Train pediatricians and other health care providers on methods of promoting literacy to all Maryland children.    (c)    In fiscal year 2001 and every fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include funds in the State budget to implement this section.    (d)    The State Board may adopt regulations to implement this section.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-218 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-218 - Grants to Provide Transportation Services; Rules and Regulations for Safe Operation

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Eligible child” means a child:            (i)    Whose parent or guardian enrolls the child in a public prekindergarten program; and            (ii)    Who is 4 years old on September 1 of the school year in which the parent or legal guardian enrolls the child in a public prekindergarten program.        (3)    “Eligible county board” means a county board that makes a full–day public prekindergarten program available for eligible children.        (4)    “State share of the per pupil foundation amount” means the quotient of the State share of the foundation program for a county divided by the full–time equivalent enrollment of the county.    (b)    For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021, the State shall provide a supplemental prekindergarten grant to an eligible county board that equals the percentage of the State share of the per pupil foundation amount multiplied by the number of full–time equivalent eligible children enrolled in a public full–day prekindergarten program on September 30 of the previous school year:        (1)    For fiscal year 2018, 50%;        (2)    For fiscal year 2019, 75%;        (3)    For fiscal year 2020, 100%; and        (4)    For fiscal year 2021, 100%.    (c)    The State shall distribute the supplemental prekindergarten grant at the same time the State distributes funds to county boards under this subtitle.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-219 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-219 - Regional Cost Differences in Amounts Distributed by State

    (a)    In this section, “Fund” means The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund.    (b)    There is The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund.    (c)    The purpose of the Fund is to assist in providing adequate funding for early childhood education and primary and secondary education to provide a world–class education to students so they are prepared for college and a career in the global economy of the 21st century, based on the recommendations of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education.    (d)    The Department shall administer the Fund.    (e)    (1)    The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.        (2)    The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.    (f)    The Fund consists of:        (1)    Revenue distributed to the Fund under §§ 2–605.1 and 2–1303 of the Tax – General Article;        (2)    Money appropriated in the State budget for the Fund; and        (3)    Any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.    (g)    The Fund may be used only to assist in providing adequate funding for:        (1)    Early childhood education and primary and secondary education based on the recommendations of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, including revised education funding formulas; and        (2)    Maryland prekindergarten expansion grants.    (h)    (1)    The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.        (2)    Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.    (i)    Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-220 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part III - Funding for General Education Programs|Section 5-220

    (a)    The Head Start Program in the State shall be referred to as the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program.    (b)    For each fiscal year, the Governor shall include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $3,000,000 for the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  5-221 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 5 - Financing|Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education|Part IV - At-Promise Student Funding|Section 5-221 - Terms Defined

    // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2023 PER CHAPTERS 680 AND 681 OF 2019 //    (a)    For each fiscal year, the Governor shall include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $100,000 for a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Artlook Map Maryland Project.    (b)    The grant shall be in addition to and may not supplant the funds otherwise granted to the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  24-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division IV - Other Education Provisions|Title 24 - Miscellaneous Education Agencies|Subtitle 5 - Historic St. Mary's City Commission|Part I - Establishment of Historic St. Mary's City Commission|Section 24-501 - Commission Established

    There is a Historic St. Mary’s City Commission.