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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="8-710" 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Change in the per pupil amount” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For fiscal year 2026, 4.97%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For fiscal year 2027, 5.48%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>For fiscal year 2028, 4.17%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>For fiscal year 2029, 4.20%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>For fiscal year 2030, 4.17%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>For fiscal year 2031, 3.98%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>For fiscal year 2032, 3.99%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>For fiscal year 2033, 3.93%; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>For subsequent fiscal years, the change in the per pupil foundation amount from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year divided by the per pupil foundation amount from the prior fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Per pupil allocation” means the per pupil figure calculated each fiscal year under subsection (c) of this section to cover the transportation, boarding, and administrative costs of a program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Per pupil foundation amount” means the figure calculated for each fiscal year by the Department in accordance with § 5–201 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the funds disbursed in accordance with § 8–709 of this subtitle, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of funds to the Department in accordance with this section to cover the transportation, boarding, and administrative costs of a program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $2,000,000 to the Department in order for a program to serve up to 80 students.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For each additional 10 students enrolled in a program, as reported by the Department, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of an additional $250,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, for each student enrolled in a program, as reported by the Department, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of an additional amount that is at least equal to the prior year per pupil amount multiplied by the change in the per pupil amount plus one.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The total amount of funds included in the annual budget bill under this subsection may not exceed an amount adequate to fund the per pupil allocation for 400 students for any fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section may not be construed to prohibit a program from receiving funds from private, federal, or other sources.</text>
  </level>
</section>
