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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="9.5-906" title_number="9.5" title_name="Division of Early Childhood Development" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Child Care Support Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office shall award a program that participates in the Maryland EXCELS Program a bonus:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On initial publication of a quality rating level 1, 2, 3, or 4;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On each publication of a higher quality rating level after the initial publication;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On initial publication of a quality rating level 5; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Annually on renewal and republication of a quality rating level 5.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall appropriate in fiscal year 2023 $5,000,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, funding for the program shall increase by 10% over the prior fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
