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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-201" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Aid to Education">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle, except as otherwise provided, the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Assessable base” has the meaning stated in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>§ 12–201 of the Economic Development Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For Baltimore City, Article II, § 62 of the Charter of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Assessed value of personal property” means the most recent estimate by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation before the annual State budget is submitted to the General Assembly of the assessed value for county purposes of personal property as of July 1 of the first completed fiscal year before the school year for which the calculation is made under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, “assessed value of real property” means the most recent estimate made by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation before the annual State budget is submitted to the General Assembly of the assessed value of real property for State purposes as of July 1 of the first completed fiscal year before the school year for which the calculation of State aid is made under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraphs (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this paragraph, for counties that qualify for a disparity grant under § 16–501 of the Local Government Article and that established a development district under Title 12, Subtitle 2 of the Economic Development Article or Article II, § 62 of the Charter of Baltimore City after May 1, 2016, and is still in effect, using the assessed value of real property as of July 1 of the second completed fiscal year before the school year for which the calculation of State aid is made under this section, “assessed value of real property” does not include the lesser of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The difference between the original base and the assessable base of all real property in a development district that is subject to tax increment financing under Title 12, Subtitle 2 of the Economic Development Article or Article II, § 62 of the Charter of Baltimore City as certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The quotient of the annual debt service for a tax increment financing bond in a development district divided by the county’s real property tax rate pledged to the tax increment financing bond multiplied by 100.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the result of items 1 or 2 of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph is a negative number, then the result shall be $0.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The calculations under this paragraph shall be made separately for each development district in a county.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>For Baltimore City, if the result of item 1 or 2 of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph is a positive number, then the amount is required to be appropriated by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Enrollment count” means the greater of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The full–time equivalent enrollment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The 3–year moving average enrollment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Foundation program” means the product of the annual per pupil foundation amount and a county’s enrollment count.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Full–time equivalent enrollment” means the sum of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 or their equivalent in regular day school programs on September 30 of the prior school year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The number of full–time equivalent students, as determined by a regulation of the Department, enrolled in evening high school programs during the prior school year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The number of P–TECH students, as provided in § 7–1804(b) of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, “inflation adjustment” means a percentage, rounded to the nearest  two decimal places, that is the lesser of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The increase in the implicit price deflator for State and local government expenditures for the second prior fiscal year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington Metropolitan Area, or any successor index, for the second prior fiscal year; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>5%.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If there is no increase in the implicit price deflator for State and local government expenditures for the second prior fiscal year or in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington Metropolitan Area, or any successor index, for the second prior fiscal year, then “inflation adjustment” means 0%.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Local contribution rate” means the figure that is calculated as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Multiply the statewide full–time equivalent enrollment by the target per pupil amount and by 0.50; divided by</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The sum of the wealth of all of the counties in this State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Round the result obtained in paragraph (2) of this subsection to seven decimal places and express as a percent with five decimal places.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Local share of the foundation program” means the product of the local contribution rate and a county’s wealth rounded to the nearest whole dollar.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Local wealth per pupil” means a county’s wealth divided by the county’s full–time equivalent enrollment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Major education aid” means the sum of the State and local share of the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Foundation program under § 5–213 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Transportation aid under § 5–218 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Compensatory education under § 5–222 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>English learner program under § 5–224 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Special education under § 5–225 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Guaranteed tax base program under § 5–214 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Comparable wage index grant under § 5–216 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Post college and career readiness pathways under § 5–217 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Concentration of poverty under § 5–223 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Transitional supplemental instruction under § 5–226 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Publicly funded prekindergarten under § 5–229 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Career ladder for educators under § 6–1009 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Net taxable income” means the amount certified by the State Comptroller for the second completed calendar year before the school year for which the calculation of State aid under this section is made, based on tax returns filed on or before November 1 after the current calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Original base”:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has the meaning stated in § 12–201 of the Economic Development Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For Baltimore City, means “original assessable base” as defined in Article II, § 62 of the Charter of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Personal property” means all property classified as personal property under § 8–101(c) of the Tax – Property Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <text>“Real property” means all property classified as real property under § 8–101(b) of the Tax – Property Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <text>“State share of the foundation program” means, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, the greater of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The difference between the foundation program and the local share of the foundation program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The result obtained by multiplying the target per pupil foundation amount by the county’s enrollment count, and multiplying this product by 0.15 in fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="r">
    <text>“Statewide wealth per pupil” means the sum of the wealth of all counties divided by the statewide full–time equivalent enrollment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="s">
    <text>“Target per pupil foundation amount” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For fiscal year 2022, $7,991;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For fiscal year 2023, $8,310;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For fiscal year 2024, $8,642;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For fiscal year 2025, $8,789;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>For fiscal year 2026, $9,226;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>For fiscal year 2027, $9,561;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>For fiscal year 2028, $9,789;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>For fiscal year 2029, $10,200;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>For fiscal year 2030, $10,625;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>For fiscal year 2031, $11,047;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>For fiscal year 2032, $11,483;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>For fiscal year 2033, $11,931;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>For fiscal year 2034, $12,381;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>For fiscal year 2035, $12,843; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>For subsequent fiscal years, the target per pupil foundation amount for the prior fiscal year increased by the inflation adjustment rounded to the nearest whole dollar.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="t">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “3–year moving average enrollment” means the average of the full–time equivalent enrollment in the 3 prior school years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the 3 prior school years includes the 2020–2021 school year, “3–year moving average enrollment” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The sum of the full–time equivalent enrollment for the 4 prior school years minus the 2020–2021 school year full–time equivalent enrollment; divided by</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Three.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="u">
    <text>“Wealth” means the sum of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Net taxable income;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>100 percent of the assessed value of the operating real property of public utilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>40 percent of the assessed value of all other real property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>50 percent of assessed value of personal property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
