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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="4-140" title_number="4" title_name="Local School Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Boards of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Program capacity” means the program capacity set by the Howard County School System’s Policy 6010 or its successor policy.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Target utilization” means the target utilization set by the Howard County School System’s Policy 6010 or its successor policy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only in Howard County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Beginning in the 2021–2022 school year, the Howard County Board of Education shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly and the Howard County Delegation to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the program capacity of each permanent school facility based on the rates for elementary, middle, and high schools set by the county board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If student enrollment at a permanent school facility is not within 10% of target utilization, the county board shall report to the General Assembly and the Howard County Delegation to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, each year the permanent school facility is not within 10% of the target utilization on a plan to adjust student enrollment to meet target utilization.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If student enrollment at a permanent school facility is not within 20% of target utilization, the county board shall implement the processes set out in the Howard County Public School System’s Policy 6010, or its successor policy, to assess the need for a redetermination of the geographic attendance area.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the outcome of the assessment under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph is not a redetermination of the geographic attendance area, the county board shall submit a report to the General Assembly and the Howard County Delegation to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, that includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>An explanation of the reason a redetermination was not appropriate; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A plan to adjust student enrollment to meet target utilization.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
