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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="24-703.3" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Education Agencies" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Maryland Longitudinal Data System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Center shall develop a protocol that is fully aligned with the Center’s data sets and security standards for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county board to convert a student’s home address and geolocation information into census tract and block numbers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department to collect the census tract and block number information from a county board and provide the information to the Center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
