Maryland Statutes
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 5 - Financing

Section 5-104 - Tax Levy to Meet Appropriations; Payment of Local Funds; Power of County to Set Higher Property Tax Rate - (a) Each county council or board of county commissioners shall...

Section 5-105 - Expenditure of Revenues; Transfers Within and Between Major Categories - (a) All revenues received by a county board shall be...

Section 5-106 - Anne Arundel County Board Expenditure Report - On or before November 1 and March 1 of each...

Section 5-107 - Appropriations and Expenditures for Capital Projects - (a) If the county commissioners or county council does not...

Section 5-109 - Annual Audit - (a) (1) Each county board shall provide for an annual...

Section 5-110 - Performance Audit - (a) In this section, “performance audit” means an assessment of...

Section 5-111 - Reports - (a) (1) Each county board shall make the reports required...

Section 5-111.1 - Reports on Specialized Intervention Services - (a) In this section, “specialized intervention services” means services provided...

Section 5-112 - Bids - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) Contracts for...

Section 5-113 - Violation of Reporting Requirements - (a) A county governing body may notify the Department that...

Section 5-114 - Deficits - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-115 - Annual Report Regarding Payments to Department of Budget and Management - (a) (1) In this section, “payee” means any party who...

Subtitle 2 - Aid to Education

Part I - Definitions

Section 5-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle, except as otherwise provided, the following...

Section 5-202 - Annual Submission of Data Needed to Calculate Funding Formulas - On or before December 1, 2021, and each December 1...

Section 5-203 - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part II - General Provisions

Section 5-204 - General State School Fund - (a) (1) Except for money appropriated for the purposes of...

Section 5-205 - Payment of State Funds to Counties - (a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of...

Section 5-206 - Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Blueprint for Maryland’s...

Section 5-207 - Funding to Satisfy Judgment Against County Board of Education - If a final court judgment requires the State to include...

Section 5-208 - Social Security Contributions for County Board or Local School System Employees - Any employer Social Security contributions required by federal law for...

Section 5-209 - Supplemental Retirement Allowance in Montgomery County - (a) (1) The Montgomery County Board shall provide from the...

Section 5-210 - (a) (1) In this section the following terms have the...

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...

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...

Section 5-214 - Guaranteed Tax Base Program - (a) (1) In this section the following terms have the...

Section 5-215 - Distribution of Blueprint Transition Grant Amounts to County Boards - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, for each...

Section 5-216 - Calculation of Foundation Program Grants -- Regional Adjustments -- Distribution to Schools - (a) In this subsection, “comparable wage index (CWI) adjustment” means,...

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...

Section 5-218 - Grants to Provide Transportation Services; Rules and Regulations for Safe Operation - (a) The State shall distribute grants as provided under this...

Section 5-219 - Regional Cost Differences in Amounts Distributed by State - For the regional cost differences of providing education services, the...

Part IV - At-Promise Student Funding

Section 5-221 - Terms Defined - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 5-222 - Distribution of State Share for Compensatory Education to County Boards -- State Alternative Income Eligibility Forms Collected - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-223 - Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

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...

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...

Section 5-226 - Funds Used for Transitional Supplemental Instruction to Struggling Learners -- Distribution of State Share to County Boards and Schools - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part V - Early Childhood and Prekindergarten

Section 5-229 - Eligibility of Prekindergarten Provider for Public Funding -- Distribution of State Share to County Boards and Public and Private Providers -- Eligibility for Extended Day Services and Transportation - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-230 - Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood and Education Enhancement Program - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-231 - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - (a) The Head Start Program in the State shall be...

Section 5-232 - Supplemental Prekindergarten Grants - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part VI - Miscellaneous

Section 5-234 - Distribution by County Board of Minimum School Funding Amount to Schools -- Financial Tracking by Accountability and Implementation Board - (a) (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2) of this...

Section 5-235 - Annual County Tax for Elementary and Secondary Education -- Local Appropriations for Schools - (a) (1) (i) Subject to subsection (o) of this section...

Section 5-236 - Federal Funds - (a) (1) The State Board may accept for the State:...

Section 5-237 - Grants - (a) The State Board shall distribute grants each year to...

Section 5-238 - Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Grant - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2023 PER CHAPTERS 680 AND...

Section 5-239 - County Eligibility for Reduction in Local Share of Major Education Aid -- Reduction Amount - (a) (1) Under this section a county may be eligible...

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...

Section 5-241 - Annual Budget Funding for Blueprint for Maryland's Future - The Governor shall include in the annual budget bill funding...

Section 5-242 - Maryland Early Literacy Initiative - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 3 - State Aid for School Construction

Section 5-301 - "Interagency Commission" Defined - In this subtitle, “Interagency Commission” means the Interagency Commission on...

Section 5-302 - Interagency Commission on School Construction - (a) There is an Interagency Commission on School Construction. (b)...

Section 5-303 - State Payment of Certain Public School Construction and Capital Improvement Costs - (a) (1) (i) The Interagency Commission shall define by regulation...

Section 5-304 - Projections of Needs; Allocation of Funds; Approval of Projects - (a) (1) (i) The Interagency Commission shall prepare projections of...

Section 5-305 - Separate Accounts for Construction Funds; Special Provision for Anne Arundel County - (a) Each county board shall keep: (1) All money for...

Section 5-305.1 - Capital Projects for Anne Arundel County - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Anne Arundel County...

Section 5-306 - Montgomery County 6-Year Capital Improvements Program - (a) This section supplements the provisions of §§ 5–101 through...

Section 5-307 - Prince George's County Education Facility Master Plan - (a) The Interagency Commission shall assist the Prince George’s County...

Section 5-308 - Reimbursement of State for Debt Service - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 3 of...

Section 5-309 - Reuse of Recently Used School Designs; Use of Prototype Designs - (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that...

Section 5-310 - Survey and Inspection of School Buildings - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-311 - Report on Purchasing Contracts - On or before July 1 of each year, the Department...

Section 5-312 - Application of High Performance Building Standards - (a) In this section, “high performance building” has the meaning...

Section 5-312.1 - School District Energy Policy -- Targets to Increase Use of Renewable Energy -- Policy Posted and Updated -- Standardized Reporting Template - (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, each school district shall adopt...

Section 5-313 - Capital Grant Program for Local School Systems With Significant Enrollment Growth or Relocatable Classrooms - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-314 - Process for Review and Approval of Construction Projects - (a) Notwithstanding § 2–303(f) of this article, the process for...

Section 5-315 - Local Share of School Construction Costs Revolving Loan Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Local Share of...

Section 5-316 - Supervision of Distribution of Construction Appropriations - As directed by the Interagency Commission, the State Treasurer shall...

Section 5-318 - Solar Energy Pilot Program - (a) (1) There is a solar energy pilot program to...

Section 5-319 - Solar Technology -- Design Development Documents for School Construction or Renovation - (a) The Interagency Commission shall adopt regulations that require the...

Section 5-320 - Renovation of Existing School Buildings - (a) (1) For the purposes of this section, replacement cost...

Section 5-321 - Effect of Participation of Counties in General Public School Construction Loan of 1956 or Similar Acts - (a) The indebtedness of a county may not be considered...

Section 5-322 - Healthy School Facility Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Healthy School Facility...

Section 5-323 - Public School Facility Construction Innovation Incentive Pilot Program - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2023 PER CHAPTERS 397 AND...

Section 5-325 - Evaluation of Life Cycle Costs of Public School Buildings -- Contract With Third Party -- Annual Updates on Evaluation Progress - (a) The Interagency Commission or, if required under subsection (b)...

Section 5-326 - Public School Facilities Priority Fund -- Purpose of Fund -- Administration -- Items Included in Fund -- Limited Use of Fund -- Investments -- Annual Appropriations -- Expended Money Supplemental - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Public School Facilities...

Subtitle 4 - Accountability and Implementation Board

Section 5-401 - Terms Defined - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 5-402 - Accountability and Implementation Board -- Purpose -- Duties -- Members -- Staffing -- Powers -- Governing Authorities - (a) Beginning on July 1, 2020, and continuing until June...

Section 5-403 - Accountability and Implementation Board Nominating Committee -- Composition -- Slate of Nominees for Vacancy -- Majority Vote - (a) There is an Accountability and Implementation Board Nominating Committee....

Section 5-404 - Comprehensive Implementation Plan of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future -- Guidelines for Adopting Entities -- Submission of Implementation Plans -- Board Review -- Public Website -- Implementation Coordinator - (a) (1) The Board shall develop a Comprehensive Implementation Plan...

Section 5-405 - Withholding of Certain Amount for Next Fiscal Year -- Release of Funds -- Responsiveness to Recommendations -- Warning by Board -- Appeals Process - (a) Subject to the judgment of the Board and in...

Section 5-406 - Use of Funds Reviewed by Board -- Information From Department on Use of School-Level Expenditures -- Monitoring by Board -- Appeals Process - (a) The Board shall review the use of funds provided...

Section 5-407 - Withholding by Board of Appropriated Funds -- Notification by Board -- Withholding by Comptroller - (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Board may determine...

Section 5-408 - Tracking Guidelines Developed by Board -- Data Collected by Board -- Disaggregation of Student-Level Information - (a) In order to meet its obligation to track whether...

Section 5-409 - Powers and Duties of Board - (a) In addition to any other duties assigned or duties...

Section 5-410 - Contracting by Board With Independent Evaluators -- Assessment -- Results Report -- Board Report on Achievement of Outcomes -- Board Determinations - (a) In addition to its own assessments and tracking of...

Section 5-411 - Contracting by Board With Independent Evaluators -- Assessment -- Results Report -- Board Report on Achievement of Outcomes -- Board Determinations - (a) In this section, “Program” means the Expert Review Team...

Section 5-412 - Cte Committee -- Expert Review Team Program -- Members -- School Visits - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-413 - Annual Progress Report on Diversity of Teacher Candidates and New Teachers -- Information Included - (a) On or before July 1 each year, beginning in...

Section 5-414 - Evaluation of Effectiveness of Diversity Efforts -- Report of Results and Recommendations - (a) On or after July 1, 2026, the Board, in...

Subtitle 5 - State-Aided Educational Institutions

Section 5-501 - Qualifications for State-Aided Educational Institution - (a) For fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter,...

Section 5-502 - Application for Funding - An educational institution that seeks to qualify as a State-aided...

Section 5-503 - Review by Department - The Department shall review applications for qualification as a State-aided...

Section 5-504 - Review and Presentation by State Superintendent - The State Superintendent shall: (1) Review and comment on the...

Section 5-505 - Review by the Governor - After the August meeting, the State Board shall submit to...

Section 5-506 - Regulations - The Department shall adopt regulations to implement this subtitle.

Subtitle 6 - Authorization to Issue Bonds to Fund Public School Construction

Section 5-601 - Applicability - The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to a...

Section 5-602 - Issuance of Bonds - (a) In this subtitle, “construction or improvement” means the planning,...

Section 5-603 - Payment of Principal and Interest - (a) Bonds issued under this subtitle constitute an irrevocable pledge...

Section 5-604 - Tax Exemptions - Bonds issued under this subtitle are exempt from State, county,...

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Maryland Statutes Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education Title 5 - Financing

Maryland Statutes
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 5 - Financing