# Education (GED)

## Title 5. Financing

### Subtitle 2. Aid to Education

#### Section 5-232

(a)

  (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

  (2) "Eligible child" means a child:

    (i) Whose parent or guardian enrolls the child in a public prekindergarten program; and

    (ii) Who is 4 years old on September 1 of the school year in which the parent or legal guardian enrolls the child in a public prekindergarten program.

  (3) "Eligible county board" means a county board that makes a full-day public prekindergarten program available for eligible children.

  (4) "State share of the per pupil foundation amount" means the quotient of the State share of the foundation program for a county divided by the full-time equivalent enrollment of the county.

(b) For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the State shall provide a supplemental prekindergarten grant to an eligible county board that equals the percentage of the State share of the per pupil foundation amount multiplied by the number of full-time equivalent eligible children enrolled in a public full-day prekindergarten program on September 30 of the previous school year:

  (1) For fiscal year 2018, 50%;

  (2) For fiscal year 2019, 75%;

  (3) For fiscal year 2020, 100%; and

  (4) For each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, 100%.

(c) The State shall distribute the supplemental prekindergarten grant at the same time the State distributes funds to county boards under this subtitle.

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