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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-329" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Aid for School Construction">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“High–density county” means one of the following jurisdictions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Anne Arundel County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Baltimore City;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Baltimore County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Howard County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Montgomery County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Prince George’s County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Low–density county” means any county not listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county board in a high–density county seeking State funds for the construction of a new school, or the renovation of or an addition to an existing school that would increase the capacity of the school by more than 100 students, shall submit a pedestrian safety plan to the Interagency Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county board in a low–density county shall submit a pedestrian safety plan to the Interagency Commission if the county board is seeking State funds for the construction of a new school, or the renovation of or an addition to an existing school, in a city with more than 10,000 residents and the construction or renovation would increase the capacity of the school by more than 100 students.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Interagency Commission shall approve a pedestrian safety plan if the pedestrian safety plan complies with subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A pedestrian safety plan shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be developed in collaboration with:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The county department of transportation or equivalent agency of the jurisdiction listed under subsection (a) of this section whose county board is submitting the plan; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The State Highway Administration;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be limited to the area surrounding the school for which the county board will not provide transportation to students;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Identify existing and potential safe routes for students to walk or bike to the school;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Evaluate the infrastructure, including sidewalk infrastructure, along existing and potential pedestrian or cyclist routes to the school to determine whether increased capacity is necessary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Analyze existing and potential school zones, including the need for expanding school zones on State and county roads; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Include documentation of public participation and input related to the pedestrian safety plan, including minutes from a public hearing and written comments.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county board, not the Interagency Commission, shall make all determinations about the contents of a pedestrian safety plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Interagency Commission may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
