A public charter school may give greater weight to a student’s lottery status as part of a lottery held under Education Article, §9-102(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, and in accordance with an application submitted under Education Article, §9-104, Annotated Code of Maryland, if the student is: Eligible for free or reduced price meals; A student with disabilities; A student with limited English proficiency; Homeless, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; or A sibling of a student currently enrolled in the public charter school for which the sibling is applying. Notwithstanding Education Article, §9-102(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, a public charter school may give priority to the sibling of a student admitted through the lottery process or a currently enrolled student for any spaces in the school that become available throughout the school year. Geographic Attendance Area. Subject to the approval of the public chartering authority, a public charter school may propose a geographic attendance area with a median income that is equal to or less than the median income of the county for the public charter school. Subject to §C(4) of this regulation, a public charter school may provide guaranteed placement through a lottery to students who live within the geographic attendance area for up to 35 percent, as proposed by the public charter school and approved by the public chartering authority, of the available space of the public charter school. Subject to §§C(2) and (4) of this regulation, the public charter school shall: Admit students on a lottery basis to its remaining available space; and Take reasonable steps to maintain the ratio intended under §C(2) of this regulation as part of the initial cohort of students accepted through the lottery process. If a public charter school does not fill 100 percent of its available space under §§C(2) and (3) of this regulation, the public charter school may admit more than the percentage of students established under §C(2) of this regulation from the geographic attendance area established under this regulation. Guaranteed Placement Through Lottery. Subject to the approval of the public chartering authority, §D(2) of this regulation, and Education Article, §9-104, Annotated Code of Maryland, a public charter school may provide guaranteed placement through a lottery to up to 35 percent, as proposed by the public charter school and approved by the public chartering authority, of the available space of the public charter school to students who attended a public charter school during the previous school year that is operated by the same operator. A public charter school shall qualify under §D(1) of this regulation if: The operator operates two or more public charter schools in the county; and When combined, the public charter schools operated by the operator form an integrated multiyear academic program. Subject to §D(1) of this regulation, the public charter school shall: Admit students on a lottery basis to its remaining available space; and Take reasonable steps to maintain the ratio intended under §D(1) of this regulation as part of the initial cohort of students accepted through the lottery process. If a public charter school does not fill 100 percent of its available space under §§D(1) and (3) of this regulation, the public charter school may admit more than the percentage of students established under §D(1) of this regulation. Each local school system shall collaborate with the public charter schools in its jurisdiction to develop, or have the public charter schools develop, a process through which the parent or guardian of a student may apply for admission to every public charter school in the jurisdiction using a single application.