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Maryland Code, Education § 5-214

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) In this section the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Additional education appropriation” means the difference between a county's education appropriation for the prior fiscal year and the county's local share of the foundation program calculated under § 5-201 of this subtitle.

(3) “Additional education effort” means a county's additional education appropriation divided by the county's wealth, rounded to seven decimal places.

(4) “Guaranteed tax base program per pupil amount” means the lesser of:

(i) 20% of the annual per pupil foundation amount; and

(ii) The product of a county's additional education effort and the difference between guaranteed wealth per pupil and local wealth per pupil.

(5) “Guaranteed wealth per pupil” means 80% of the statewide wealth per pupil.

(b) For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State shall distribute guaranteed tax base grants to county boards as provided in this section.

(c) A county board is eligible to receive a guaranteed tax base grant if the county's:

(1) Additional education effort is greater than zero; and

(2) Local wealth per pupil is less than the guaranteed wealth per pupil.

(d) The amount of the guaranteed tax base grant shall be equal to the product of the county's guaranteed tax base program per pupil amount and the county's enrollment count.

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