§ 4-122.1. Children in informal kinship care relationships
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2012
Effective: July 1, 2012
MD Code, Education, § 4-122.1
§ 4-122.1. Children in informal kinship care relationships
(5) “Local current expense per student” means all expenditures made by a county from county appropriations, except State, federal, and other aid, for public elementary and secondary education in the prior fiscal year, divided by the full-time equivalent enrollment, as defined in § 5-202(a) of this article.
(iii) If custody has been awarded to both parents or legal guardians, and the parents or legal guardians reside in different counties, the local education agencies of both counties shall be considered a sending agency and shall pay one-half the amount as computed in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, except that if a child receives a public education in a county where a parent resides, this subparagraph shall not apply; and
(b) Subsection (d) of this section shall apply to the education funding of a child in an informal kinship care relationship if the fiscal impact of the requirements of § 7-101(c) of this article to a county exceeds 0.1% of a county board's total operating budget for a fiscal year.
(c)(1) A child in an informal kinship care relationship shall receive an appropriate education from the receiving agency.
(d)(1) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, and except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, for each child in an informal kinship care relationship enrolled in a public school program, the sending agency shall pay the receiving agency an amount equal to the lesser of:
(e)(1) Each receiving agency shall:
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Added by Acts 2003, c. 207, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2006, c. 44, § 6, eff. April 8, 2006; Acts 2012, c. 458, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.
MD Code, Education, § 4-122.1, MD EDUC § 4-122.1
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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