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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1A-06" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Publicly Funded Full-Day Prekindergarten Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning in the 2022–2023 school year, Tier I children who are 3 or 4 years old may be enrolled in a full–day prekindergarten program under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For the 2023–2024 through 2025–2026 school years, children who are 3 or 4 years old may enroll in a full–day prekindergarten program under this subtitle if the children are:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Children whose family income is more than 300% but not more than 600% of the federal poverty level; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>Children with disabilities; or</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Children from homes in which English is not the primary spoken language.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For the 2023–2024 through 2025–2026 school years only, children described under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be counted as Tier I children for purposes of funding allocated under § 5–229 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The proportion of enrolled Tier I children who are 3 years old shall increase annually until all Tier I children who are 3 years old are enrolled in a full–day prekindergarten program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The proportion of enrolled Tier I children who are 4 years old shall increase annually so that all Tier I children who are 4 years old shall be enrolled in a full–day prekindergarten program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Beginning in the 2025–2026 school year, Tier II children not described under subsection (a)(2)(i) of this section may be enrolled in a full–day prekindergarten program if space is available to encourage socioeconomic diversity in prekindergarten classrooms.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Priority in expanding prekindergarten slots shall be provided to 3– and 4–year olds who are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Tier I children;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Children with disabilities, regardless of income; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Children from homes in which English is not the primary spoken language.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The ability of a family to choose the prekindergarten provider in which to enroll their child does not supersede local authority to set school attendance boundaries.</text>
  </level>
</section>
