Title 8. Special Programs for Exceptional Children — Subtitle 1. Disadvantaged Children

Because of environmental conditions, is not achieving at a level that is scholastically up to his potential abilities;

Has to compensate for his inability to profit from the normal educational program;

Is 3 years old or older and under 19 and has not graduated from high school;

Has the potential to complete successfully a regular educational program leading to graduation from a high school; and

Because of home and community environment, is subject to language, cultural, and economic disadvantages that make his completion of the regular program leading to graduation unlikely without special efforts by school authorities to provide stimulation of his potential in addition to the efforts involved in providing the regular educational programs.

Is in the form required by this subtitle;

Supplements the regular educational programs of the county board;

Includes a plan for the identification of disadvantaged children; and

Has the purpose of providing stimulation of the intellectual abilities of disadvantaged children.

Developed by competent authorities; and

Designed to enable teachers to identify and teach disadvantaged children effectively;

Any State funds that are provided in the State budget specifically for the purposes of this subtitle; and

Funds provided under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Teaching disadvantaged or potentially disadvantaged children to read;

Awakening their interest in learning;

Giving them a sense of success in school achievement;

Preventing their alienation from the school; and

Preventing their early departure from school.