# Education (GED)

## Title 24. Miscellaneous Education Agencies

### Subtitle 7. Maryland Longitudinal Data System

#### Section 24-703.3

(a) The Center shall develop a protocol that is fully aligned with the Center's data sets and security standards for:

  (1) A county board to convert a student's home address and geolocation information into census tract and block numbers; and

  (2) The Department to collect the census tract and block number information from a county board and provide the information to the Center.

(b) For fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the Governor shall appropriate in the annual State budget $100,000 to the Center for development of the protocol under this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)