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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="8-704.1" title_number="8" title_name="Special Programs for Exceptional Children" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Residential Boarding Education Programs for At-Risk Youth">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department may contract with an operator who meets the requirements of § 8–704 of this subtitle to provide at–risk youth in the State enrolled in grade 7 or higher with the opportunity to participate in a program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The program under this section may be a part of the program under § 8–704 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The operator shall submit a plan to the Department to enroll students in grade 7 or higher that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>All grade levels from which students shall be enrolled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The time frame during which enrollment shall occur;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The circumstances under which an operator shall enroll students;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The process by which students shall be selected;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>If applicable, a description of how students shall be integrated into an existing educational curriculum and residential student life; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Any other information requested by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall review and approve the plan if it is consistent with the educational purposes of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
