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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-501" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="State-Aided Educational Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, to be considered for funding under this subtitle, an educational institution must qualify as a State-aided educational institution under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To qualify as a State-aided educational institution, an educational institution shall submit to the Department the following documentation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The names of the members of an independent governing board for the institution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Proof of status as a nonprofit organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A copy of the most recent independent annual audit or copies of the most recent internally generated financial statements until the annual audit is available;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A detailed operating budget that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For an educational institution other than the Baltimore Zoo, indicates that less than 50% of the operating budget comes from State grants;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Specifies all sources of income, including grants received, names of granting agencies, and the amount of each grant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Specifies all expenditures;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Plans for the use of any grant funds that may be awarded by the State-aided educational institutions grants programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Evidence of the provision of a direct service to Maryland school groups or to individuals with disabilities, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Data on age levels of students to be served;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Data on the projected number of students and teachers to be served both statewide and by local jurisdiction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Plans of the institution to support the goals of the Maryland Schools for Success Program and the Maryland School Performance Program; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Evidence of liability insurance coverage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
