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2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 1 - Budget and Reporting Requirements › Section 5-109 - Annual Audit

(a)    (1)    Each county board shall provide for an annual audit of its financial transactions and accounts.
(2)    At the request of the Department, a county board shall conduct an audit under § 5–203 of this title.
(b)    (1)    The audit shall be made by a certified public accountant or a partnership of certified public accountants who are:
(i)    Licensed by the State Board of Public Accountancy; and
(ii)    Approved by the State Superintendent.
(2)    The audit shall be made in accordance with the standards and regulations adopted by the State Board.
(c)    (1)    The results of the audit, including the letter of recommendation submitted by the auditor, are a matter of public record.
(2)    The results shall be reported within 3 months after the close of the fiscal year for the county board on the form and in the manner required by the State Board to:
(i)    The State Superintendent;
(ii)    The county fiscal authority;
(iii)    The Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee of the General Assembly;
(iv)    The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee;
(v)    The Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee;
(vi)    The House Appropriations Committee; and
(vii)    The House Committee on Ways and Means.
(d)    In addition to the audit required by this section, the county commissioners or county council may conduct an audit using auditors employed by the county.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 1 - Budget and Reporting Requirements › Section 5-110 - Performance Audit

(a)    In this section, “performance audit” means an assessment of an entity’s or program’s practices to determine whether the entity or program is operating economically and efficiently and whether corrective actions for improving its performance are appropriate.
(b)    In the absence of an agreement between a county governing body and a county school board, the Department at the request of the county governing body shall contract for a performance audit of the county public school system to address the issues raised in the county’s request.
(c)    The Department shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that a performance audit under this section is completed and the results of the audit are made available to the county board in time to be considered by the county board in the preparation of its budget for the next fiscal year.
(d)    The cost of a performance audit under this section shall be shared equally between the county governing body and the county board.
(e)    A performance audit for which the Department contracted under subsection (b) of this section:
(1)    Shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards; and
(2)    May not include an assessment or evaluation of a county board’s efforts to meet the standards of the Maryland School Performance Program.
(f)    Nothing in this section prevents a county governing body and a county school board from making an agreement to perform or contract for a performance audit of school board functions, including an agreement involving the scope of the performance audit or the responsibility for the funding of the performance audit.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 1 - Budget and Reporting Requirements › Section 5-111 - Reports

(a)    (1)    Each county board shall make the reports required by the State Board and by the State Superintendent.
(2)    The reports shall be made at the time, include the items, and be on the forms required by the State Board and by the State Superintendent.
(b)    (1)    Each county board shall prepare, publish, and make available to interested parties an annual report on the condition, current accomplishments, and needs for improvement of the schools as well as a statement of the business and financial transactions of the county board.
(2)    This report shall be published before the end of the calendar year.
(c)    The public schools of each county shall use a uniform method, as required by the county superintendent, for reporting the receipts, expenditures, and balances of the operations and activities conducted by the public schools.
(d)    (1)    At the request of the county governing body made in writing at least 30 days before the reporting deadline, the county board or superintendent shall report to the county governing body on or before November 1 and March 1 of each fiscal year on the school system’s operations, including any adjustment made to the approved annual budget.
(2)    A report under this subsection shall be made available to all interested persons.
(e)    (1)    At the request of the county board made in writing at least 30 days before the reporting deadline the county governing body shall report to the county board on or before November 1 and March 1 of each fiscal year on the county’s fiscal status for the immediate fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year.
(2)    A report under this subsection shall be made available to all interested persons.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 1 - Budget and Reporting Requirements › Section 5-111.1 - Reports on Specialized Intervention Services

(a)    In this section, “specialized intervention services” means services provided to students in kindergarten through grade 3 who:
(1)    Are not currently identified as needing special education or related services under Title 8, Subtitle 4 of this article;
(2)    Need additional academic and behavioral supports to succeed in a core curriculum and differentiated instruction general education environment; and
(3)    Receive additional academic and behavioral support in small groups or individual settings at least 3 times each week for at least 90 minutes each week for a period of at least 10 weeks during a school year.
(b)    Beginning with the 2018–2019 school year, on or before December 1 each year, each county board shall submit to the Department and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report for the prior school year on:
(1)    The number of students who received specialized intervention services;
(2)    The grades in which specialized intervention services were provided; and
(3)    The annual budget, including all federal, State, and local funds, for specialized intervention services, including screenings, evaluations, materials, professional development, and staffing.
(c)    The Department shall establish guidelines for the report that each county board is required to submit under subsection (b) of this section.
(d)    A county board shall publish annually on the county board’s website the information submitted under subsection (b) of this section.
(e)    The Department shall publish annually on the Department’s website the information received under subsection (b) of this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 1 - Budget and Reporting Requirements › Section 5-113 - Violation of Reporting Requirements

(a)    A county governing body may notify the Department that a local board has not complied with one or more reporting requirements under this subtitle or one of the expenditure limitations of § 5-105 of this subtitle.
(b)    The Department shall investigate a complaint filed under this section. If the State Superintendent determines, after taking into account aggravating and mitigating circumstances, that a violation has occurred without reasonable justification, for the next fiscal year following the final determination of a violation, the county board may not make a category expenditure, as defined by the Maryland Board of Education reporting manual, in excess of the category expenditure in the operating budget approved by the county governing body without the prior approval of the county governing body. If the county governing body fails to take action on a request for approval within 30 days after the receipt of a written request, the failure to take action constitutes approval.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 1 - Budget and Reporting Requirements › Section 5-115 - Annual Report Regarding Payments to Department of Budget and Management

(a)    (1)    In this section, “payee” means any party who receives an aggregate payment of $25,000 in a fiscal year from a school board.
(2)    “Payee” does not include:
(i)    A public school employee with respect to the employee’s compensation;
(ii)    A public school retiree with respect to the retiree’s retirement allowance; or
(iii)    In Baltimore County, a third–party payee that accepts employee payroll–related payments, including:
1.    Recurring payments for payroll taxes;
2.    Employee payroll deductions; and
3.    Investment–related activities relating to fund balances.
(b)    (1)    Beginning January 1, 2020, each county board shall annually report the following information for the immediately preceding fiscal year to the Department of Budget and Management:
(i)    The name of a payee receiving a payment;
(ii)    The location of a payee by postal zip code;
(iii)    The amount of a payment;
(iv)    For the Baltimore County Board of Education:
1.    The purpose for the payment; and
2.    Whether the payee is a minority business enterprise; and
(v)    For the Prince George’s County Board of Education, the budget data prepared under § 5–101 of this subtitle.
(2)    Each county board shall provide the information specified in paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection to the Department of Budget and Management for the following previous fiscal years:
(i)    For the Montgomery County Board of Education, fiscal years 2010 through 2018;
(ii)    For the Howard County Board of Education, fiscal years 2011 through 2018;
(iii)    For the Baltimore County Board of Education, fiscal years 2012 through 2018;
(iv)    For the Prince George’s County Board of Education, fiscal years 2012 through 2018;
(v)    For the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, fiscal years 2017 and 2018; and
(vi)    For all other county boards, fiscal year 2018.
(3)    The Department of Budget and Management shall post the information reported under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection on its Funding Accountability & Transparency website.
(c)    This section may not be construed to require the disclosure of information that is confidential under federal, State, or local law.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part I - Definitions › Section 5-202 - Annual Submission of Data Needed to Calculate Funding Formulas

On or before December 1, 2021, and each December 1 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Legislative Services the enrollment counts and other data necessary to calculate the funding formulas to implement the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future for the upcoming fiscal year.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part II - General Provisions › Section 5-204 - General State School Fund

(a)    (1)    Except for money appropriated for the purposes of § 5–301(b) through (j) of this title, all money appropriated by the General Assembly to aid in support of public schools constitutes the General State School Fund.
(2)    Money in the General State School Fund may be spent only as appropriated in the annual budget bill.
(3)    (i)    The Department shall notify the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Committee on Appropriations of any intent to transfer funds from budget program R00A02, Aid to Education, to any other budgetary unit.
(ii)    The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Committee on Appropriations shall have 45 days to review and comment on the planned transfer prior to its effect.
(b)    Money in the General State School Fund may be appropriated by the General Assembly to the Annuity Bond Fund, as provided in the State budget, and shall be used for principal and interest payments on State debt incurred for public school construction or public school capital improvements.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part II - General Provisions › Section 5-205 - Payment of State Funds to Counties

(a)    Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of this section, 10 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 major education aid.
(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.
(e)    After notification from the State Superintendent that a county board is not complying with the provisions of the State program of public education, the State Comptroller shall withhold any installment due the county board from the General State School Fund.
(f)    After notification is received under § 5–405 of this title, the State Superintendent shall certify to the Comptroller the amount to be released or withheld.
2023 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)    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 Title 9, Subtitles 1D and 1E of the State Government Article and §§ 2–4A–02, 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)    (1)    The Fund may be used only to assist in providing adequate funding for:
(i)    Early childhood education, primary and secondary education, and other programs, based on the recommendations of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, including revised education funding formulas;
(ii)    Maryland prekindergarten expansion grants; and
(iii)    Early childhood education, primary and secondary education, and other programs for costs associated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), including:
1.    One–time primary and secondary education aid grants provided in fiscal year 2022 to:
A.    Address enrollment declines related to the COVID–19 pandemic; and
B.    Ensure that every county board receives an increase in State education aid over the amount of State education aid the county board received in fiscal year 2021; and
2.    Grants provided in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for:
A.    Summer school programs, tutoring, and other supplemental instruction programs to address student learning loss;
B.    Identification of and support for students dealing with trauma or behavioral health issues; and
C.    Schools to safely reopen for in–person instruction.
(2)    The Fund may not be used for school construction under Subtitle 3 of this title.
(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part II - General Provisions › Section 5-207 - Funding to Satisfy Judgment Against County Board of Education

If a final court judgment requires the State to include in the budget bill money to satisfy a judgment against the county board of education, the State may deduct that amount from any other State funds that would otherwise be paid to the county board of education under this subtitle in the following fiscal year.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part II - General Provisions › Section 5-209 - Supplemental Retirement Allowance in Montgomery County

(a)    The Montgomery County Board shall provide from the Montgomery County Public Schools Employees’ Pension System Trust the supplemental retirement allowance required under subsection (b) of this section.
(b)    (1)    The Montgomery County Board, through the Montgomery County Public Schools Employees’ Pension System Trust, shall pay a supplemental retirement allowance to an employee of the county board who retires on or after July 1, 1999, as a member of the Teachers’ Pension System of the State of Maryland.
(2)    The supplemental retirement allowance shall equal the product of the member’s years of creditable service earned in the Montgomery County Public Schools Employees’ Pension System times the sum of:
(i)    0.08% of the retiree’s average final compensation that does not exceed the Social Security integration level; and
(ii)    0.15% of the retiree’s average final compensation that exceeds the Social Security integration level.
2023 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)    The target per pupil foundation amount includes costs associated with implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future including:
(1)    Increasing salaries;
(2)    Additional teachers to provide professional learning and collaborative time for teachers;
(3)    Career counseling;
(4)    Behavioral health;
(5)    Instructional opportunities for students who are college and career ready and those who are not;
(6)    Maintenance and operation of schools;
(7)    Supplies and materials for teachers; and
(8)    Educational technology including digital devices, broadband connectivity, and information technology staff.
(b)    Schools may use funds provided under this section to provide the programs required under COMAR 13A.04.16.01.
(c)    (1)    County boards of education and schools shall prioritize the purchase of digital devices for using funds under subsection (a)(8) of this section.
(2)    Additional funds provided in the target per pupil foundation amount for educational technology are intended to supplement and not supplant existing funding provided for educational technology.
(3)    (i)    On or before November 15 each year, each county board shall submit a report to the Department detailing, for the previous fiscal year:
1.    The amount spent by the local school system on technology disaggregated by digital devices, connectivity, and information technology staff; and
2.    The percentage of students, teachers, and staff with digital devices and adequate connectivity in their homes in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission standards for broadband.
(ii)    On or before December 15 each year, the Department shall submit to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, a compilation of the reports submitted to the Department under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.
(iii)    On or before September 1, 2021, the Department shall establish uniform reporting requirements, including definitions to ensure that consistent and comparable reports are submitted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.
2023 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)    Each fiscal year, the State shall distribute the State share of the foundation program to each county board.
(b)    Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, each fiscal year, the county board shall distribute to each school the minimum school funding amount for the foundation program calculated under § 5–234 of this subtitle.
(c)    (1)    Each county board shall distribute to the local workforce development board for the county the following amount multiplied by the enrollment count in the county:
(i)    For fiscal year 2024, $62; and
(ii)    For each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the prior fiscal year amount increased by the inflation adjustment.
(2)    The funds distributed under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be used to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students established under § 7–126 of this article that is provided collaboratively by the workforce development board, the school, any other relevant State or local agencies, and employers.
(3)    On or before June 30, 2024, and in each of the next 2 fiscal years, the local workforce development board, in collaboration with the county board and any other relevant State or local agencies, shall report to the Accountability and Implementation Board established under Subtitle 4 of this title on the use of the funds and the impact of the funds on providing career counseling.
(d)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “Collaborative time per pupil amount” means:
(i)    For fiscal year 2026, $163;
(ii)    For fiscal year 2027, $334;
(iii)    For fiscal year 2028, $512;
(iv)    For fiscal year 2029, $698;
(v)    For fiscal year 2030, $891;
(vi)    For fiscal year 2031, $1,093;
(vii)    For fiscal year 2032, $1,306;
(viii)    For fiscal year 2033, $1,527; and
(ix)    For each fiscal year thereafter, the collaborative time per pupil amount in the prior fiscal year increased by the inflation adjustment.
(3)    The collaborative time per pupil amount multiplied by the enrollment count in each county shall be distributed to and expended by schools in each county in accordance with Title 6, Subtitle 10 of this article and the county’s collaborative time implementation plan approved by the Accountability and Implementation Board.
2023 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)    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 § 5–201 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)    “Guaranteed tax base program per pupil amount” means the lesser of:
(i)    20% of the annual per pupil foundation amount; and
(ii)    The product of a county’s additional education effort and the difference between guaranteed wealth per pupil and local wealth per pupil.
(5)    “Guaranteed wealth per pupil” means 80% of the statewide wealth per pupil.
(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 enrollment count.
2023 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)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2029, the State shall distribute to each county board the following Blueprint Transition Grant amounts:
(1)    Allegany County $10,348
(2)    Baltimore City $18,669,201
(3)    Baltimore County $2,953,950
(4)    Caroline County $966,820
(5)    Cecil County $49,060
(6)    Dorchester County $1,321,515
(7)    Garrett County $1,201,160
(8)    Howard County $41,743
(9)    Kent County $1,005,090
(10)    Montgomery County $7,712,745
(11)    Prince George’s County $20,505,652; and
(12)    St. Mary’s County $3,251,181.
(b)    For fiscal years 2025 through 2030, the State shall distribute the following proportion of the Blueprint Transition Grant amount under subsection (a) of this section to each county board:
(1)    For fiscal year 2025, 85%;
(2)    For fiscal year 2026, 65%;
(3)    For fiscal year 2027, 50%;
(4)    For fiscal year 2028, 35%;
(5)    For fiscal year 2029, 20%; and
(6)    For fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter, 0%.
2023 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 5-216 - Calculation of Foundation Program Grants -- Regional Adjustments -- Distribution to Schools

(a)    In this subsection, “comparable wage index (CWI) adjustment” means, for each county, the foundation program multiplied by:
(1)    0.000 in Allegany;
(2)    0.109 in Anne Arundel;
(3)    0.066 in Baltimore City;
(4)    0.065 in Baltimore;
(5)    0.079 in Calvert;
(6)    0.000 in Caroline;
(7)    0.000 in Carroll;
(8)    0.000 in Cecil;
(9)    0.055 in Charles;
(10)    0.000 in Dorchester;
(11)    0.047 in Frederick;
(12)    0.000 in Garrett;
(13)    0.073 in Harford;
(14)    0.131 in Howard;
(15)    0.000 in Kent;
(16)    0.166 in Montgomery;
(17)    0.129 in Prince George’s;
(18)    0.000 in Queen Anne’s;
(19)    0.079 in St. Mary’s;
(20)    0.000 in Somerset;
(21)    0.000 in Talbot;
(22)    0.000 in Washington;
(23)    0.000 in Wicomico; and
(24)    0.000 in Worcester.
(b)    (1)    For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, in addition to the foundation program each county shall receive a grant to reflect the regional differences of the cost to hire personnel that are due to factors outside of the control of the local jurisdiction.
(2)    The amount of the grant under this section shall equal, for each county, the product of the CWI adjustment and:
(i)    49% in fiscal year 2024;
(ii)    49% in fiscal year 2025;
(iii)    47% in fiscal year 2026;
(iv)    46% in fiscal year 2027;
(v)    45% in fiscal year 2028;
(vi)    44% in fiscal year 2029;
(vii)    43% in fiscal year 2030;
(viii)    42% in fiscal year 2031;
(ix)    42% in fiscal year 2032; and
(x)    41% in fiscal year 2033 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(3)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the State share and local share of the grant calculated under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be calculated in the same manner as the State share and local share of the foundation program.
(c)    Each fiscal year the county board shall distribute to each school the minimum school funding amount for the grant calculated under § 5–234 of this subtitle.
2023 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 5-217 - Distribution of State Share of Ccr Program Amount to County Board -- Distribution to Schools for College and Career Readiness

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “CCR per pupil amount” means:
(i)    For fiscal year 2022, $517; and
(ii)    For each fiscal year thereafter, the CCR per pupil amount in the prior fiscal year increased by the inflation adjustment.
(3)    “CCR program amount” means, for each county, the product of the total number of CCR students in the prior school year and the CCR per pupil amount.
(4)    “CCR student” means a student who is college and career ready, as demonstrated by having met the college and career readiness standard adopted by the State Board under § 7–205.1 of this article.
(5)    “Local share” means, for each county, the result of the CCR program amount minus the State share rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
(6)    “State share” means, for each county, the result, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, of the following calculation multiplied by 0.5:
(i)    Multiply the CCR per pupil amount by the number of CCR students;
(ii)    Divide the result calculated under item (i) of this paragraph by the ratio, rounded to seven decimal places, of local wealth per pupil to statewide wealth per pupil; and
(iii)    Multiply the result calculated under item (ii) of this paragraph by the result, rounded to seven decimal places, that results from dividing the total program amount by the sum of all of the results calculated under item (ii) of this paragraph for all counties.
(7)    “Total program amount” means the product of the CCR per pupil amount and the number of CCR students in the State.
(b)    (1)    Each fiscal year, the State shall distribute the State share of the CCR program amount to each county board.
(2)    Each fiscal year, the county board shall distribute to each school the minimum school funding amount for college and career readiness calculated under § 5–234 of this subtitle.
2023 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

For the regional cost differences of providing education services, the State shall distribute in fiscal year 2022 and 2023 the following amounts to the following county boards:
County Board         Fiscal Year 2022    Fiscal Year 2023
Anne Arundel        $11,279,907            $11,648,498
Baltimore City        $23,001,580            $23,399,130
Baltimore            $6,714,151            $6,903,262        Calvert            $2,441,896            $2,468,678        Carroll            $2,581,183            $2,626,795        Charles            $4,008,206            $4,119,541        Frederick            $7,629,055            $7,829,066            Howard            $6,541,811            $6,781,197            Kent                $136,228            $137,449        Montgomery            $41,131,349            $42,290,391
Prince George’s        $47,196,798            $48,807,990
Queen Anne’s        $615,392            $630,307            St. Mary’s            $259,366            $267,347
2023 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

(a)    In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Local share” means the county program amount for each county minus the result calculated under subsection (c)(1) of this section for each county rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
(c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “State share” means, for each county, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, the greater of the following calculations multiplied by 0.5:
(i)    1.    Multiply the per pupil amount by the county’s enrollment applicable under § 5–222, § 5–223, § 5–224, § 5–225, or § 5–226 of this subtitle;
2.    Divide the result calculated under item 1 of this item by the ratio, rounded to seven decimal places, of local wealth per pupil to statewide wealth per pupil; and
3.    Multiply the result calculated under item 2 of this item by the result, rounded to seven decimal places, that results from dividing the total program amount by the sum of all of the results calculated under item 2 of this item for all counties; or
(ii)    The result obtained by multiplying the per pupil amount by the county’s enrollment applicable under § 5–222, § 5–224, or § 5–225 of this subtitle and by 0.8.
(2)    For the concentration of poverty per pupil grant under § 5–223 of this subtitle and for transitional supplemental instruction under § 5–226 of this subtitle, “State share” means the calculation under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.
(d)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “county program amount” means, for each county, the product of the per pupil amount and the county enrollment applicable under § 5–222, § 5–223, § 5–224, § 5–225, or § 5–226 of this subtitle.
(2)    For the per pupil grant in the concentration of poverty program, “county program amount” has the same meaning as “per pupil grant amount” defined under § 5–223 of this subtitle.
(e)    “Total program amount” means the sum of the county program amount for each county applicable under § 5–222, § 5–223, § 5–224, § 5–225, or § 5–226 of this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part IV - At-Promise Student Funding › Section 5-224 - Distribution of State Share for English Learner Education to County Boards and Schools

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “English learner enrollment” means the number of students with limited English proficiency in the prior fiscal year.
(3)    “English learner per pupil amount” means the following proportions of the target per pupil foundation amount:
(i)    For fiscal year 2022, 100%;
(ii)    For fiscal year 2023, 100%;
(iii)    For fiscal year 2024, 100%;
(iv)    For fiscal year 2025, 102%;
(v)    For fiscal year 2026, 98%;
(vi)    For fiscal year 2027, 94%;
(vii)    For fiscal year 2028, 92%;
(viii)    For fiscal year 2029, 91%;
(ix)    For fiscal year 2030, 89%;
(x)    For fiscal year 2031, 88%;
(xi)    For fiscal year 2032, 86%; and
(xii)    For fiscal year 2033 and each fiscal year thereafter, 85%.
(4)    “Limited English proficiency” means non–English or limited English proficiency under the reporting requirements established by the Department for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP).
(b)    (1)    Each fiscal year, the State shall distribute the State share for English learner education to each county board.
(2)    Each fiscal year, the county board shall distribute to each school the minimum school funding amount for English learners calculated under § 5–234 of this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part IV - At-Promise Student Funding › Section 5-225 - Distribution of State Share for Special Education to County Boards and Schools -- Funds Used for Individualized Education Program or 504 Plans

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    (i)    “Special education enrollment” means the number of students enrolled in a public school in the prior fiscal year who required special education services as defined in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(ii)    “Special education enrollment” includes special education students enrolled in a publicly funded prekindergarten program under Title 7, Subtitle 1A of this article.
(iii)    “Special education enrollment” does not include students who are enrolled in or attend:
1.    The Maryland School for the Blind;
2.    The Maryland School for the Deaf; or
3.    An educational program operated by the State.
(3)    “Special education per pupil amount” means the following proportions of the target per pupil foundation amount:
(i)    For fiscal year 2022, 86%;
(ii)    For fiscal year 2023, 86%;
(iii)    For fiscal year 2024, 92%;
(iv)    For fiscal year 2025, 99%;
(v)    For fiscal year 2026, 103%;
(vi)    For fiscal year 2027, 112%;
(vii)    For fiscal year 2028, 122%;
(viii)    For fiscal year 2029, 136%;
(ix)    For fiscal year 2030, 153%;
(x)    For fiscal year 2031, 151%;
(xi)    For fiscal year 2032, 148%; and
(xii)    For fiscal year 2033 and each fiscal year thereafter, 146%.
(b)    Each school shall use the funds provided under this section to provide the services required by each student’s individualized education program or 504 plans.
(c)    (1)    Each fiscal year, the State shall distribute the State share for special education to each county board.
(2)    Each fiscal year, the county board shall distribute to each school or publicly funded prekindergarten program the minimum school funding amount for special education calculated under § 5–234 of this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part V - Early Childhood and Prekindergarten › Section 5-231 - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part V - Early Childhood and Prekindergarten › Section 5-232 - Supplemental Prekindergarten Grants

(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 2022, 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 each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, 100%.
(c)    The State shall distribute the supplemental prekindergarten grant at the same time the State distributes funds to county boards under this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part VI - Miscellaneous › Section 5-236 - Federal Funds

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part VI - Miscellaneous › Section 5-237 - Grants

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part VI - Miscellaneous › Section 5-238 - Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Grant. [Abrogated]

// 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part VI - Miscellaneous › Section 5-240 - Annual Funding for Grants to Maintain or Establish School-Based Health Centers -- Primary Contact Employee Designated

(a)    (1)    Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Governor shall appropriate in the annual budget $6,500,000 to the Department for the purpose of providing grants to maintain or establish school–based health centers.
(2)    (i)    1.    The Department shall designate a primary contact employee for school–based health centers.
2.    The Department’s primary contact employee shall:
A.    Assist individuals involved in school–based health centers who interact with the Department;
B.    Provide technical assistance to support the establishment and expansion of school–based health centers; and
C.    Coordinate the Department’s efforts with those of the Maryland Department of Health and other government agencies to build a robust network of school–based health centers in the State.
(ii)    1.    The Maryland Department of Health shall designate a primary contact employee for school–based health centers.
2.    The Maryland Department of Health’s primary contact employee shall:
A.    Assist individuals involved in school–based health centers who interact with the Maryland Department of Health;
B.    Provide technical assistance to support the establishment and expansion of school–based health centers; and
C.    Coordinate the Maryland Department of Health’s efforts with those of the Department and other government agencies to build a robust network of school–based health centers in the State.
(b)    The amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2020.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part VI - Miscellaneous › Section 5-241 - Annual Budget Funding for Blueprint for Maryland's Future

The Governor shall include in the annual budget bill funding sufficient to carry out the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future in accordance with the following sections:
(1)    §§ 5–411 and 5–412 of this title;
(2)    §§ 6–122, 6–124, 6–1008, and 6–1011 of this article;
(3)    §§ 7–202.1, 7–205.1, and 7–446.1 of this article; and
(4)    § 21–207 of this article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Education › Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education › Title 5 - Financing › Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education › Part VI - Miscellaneous › Section 5-243 - Maggie Mcintosh School Arts Fund -- Purpose -- Funds -- Use

(a)    In this section, “Fund” means the Maggie McIntosh School Arts Fund.
(b)    There is a Maggie McIntosh School Arts Fund.
(c)    The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to public schools in Baltimore City to purchase art supplies for classrooms.
(d)    Arts Every Day 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 § 9–120(b)(1)(viii) of the State Government Article;
(2)    Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;
(3)    Interest earnings or other income earned from the investment of any money from the Fund; and
(4)    Any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.
(g)    The Fund shall be used to expand the arts curriculum for students in public schools in Baltimore City, as defined in § 5–223 of this subtitle, with grants to:
(1)    Purchase art supplies for classrooms; and
(2)    Provide arts experiences.
(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.