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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-224" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Aid to Education">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“English learner enrollment” means the number of students with limited English proficiency in the prior fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For fiscal years 2022 through 2025, “English learner per pupil amount” means the following proportions of the target per pupil foundation amount:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>For fiscal year 2022, 100%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>For fiscal year 2023, 100%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>For fiscal year 2024, 100%; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>For fiscal year 2025, 102%.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Beginning in fiscal year 2026, “English learner per pupil amount” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>For fiscal year 2026, $9,041;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>For fiscal year 2027, $9,148;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>For fiscal year 2028, $9,327;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>For fiscal year 2029, $9,613;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>For fiscal year 2030, $9,794;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>For fiscal year 2031, $10,069;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>For fiscal year 2032, $10,232;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>For fiscal year 2033, $10,510; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>For subsequent fiscal years, the English learner per pupil amount for the prior fiscal year increased by the inflation adjustment rounded to the nearest whole dollar.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Limited English proficiency” means non–English or limited English proficiency under the reporting requirements established by the Department for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each fiscal year, the State shall distribute the State share for English learner education to each county board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each fiscal year, the county board shall distribute to each school the minimum school funding amount for English learners calculated under § 5–234 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
