Maryland Code, Education § 5-323

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

(3) “Incentive Program” means the Public School Facility Construction Innovation Incentive Pilot Program.

(4) “Public school facility” means a property primarily used for educational instruction.

(5) “Rolling State average of public school construction costs” means the average State cost per student for public school construction projects and capital improvements over the previous 3 fiscal years.

(1) Harford County;

(2) Prince George's County;  and

(3) Washington County.

(c)(1) There is a Public School Facility Construction Innovation Incentive Pilot Program in the State.

(2) The purpose of the Incentive Program is to provide incentives to encourage public school systems to pursue innovative public school facility construction projects by:

(3) Through the establishment of the Incentive Program, it is the intent of the General Assembly to:

(d)(1) The Interagency Commission shall implement and administer the Incentive Program as provided in this section.

(2) The Interagency Commission shall promote the Incentive Program.

(h)(1) For a public school facility construction project that is approved to participate in the Incentive Program on or before December 31, 2019, the State share of eligible costs for that project shall increase by 20% for that project.

(2) For a public school facility construction project that is approved to participate in the Incentive Program on or after January 1, 2020, the State share of eligible costs for that project shall increase by 10% for that project.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (i) of this section, the State and local cost-share established for each county in regulations;

(2) The maximum State construction allocation for each project approved for State funding;

(3) The approval of project funding by the Interagency Commission;

(4) Smart growth requirements;

(5) Minority business enterprise requirements;

(6) Prevailing wage requirements;

(7) Environmental requirements;  and

(8) A requirement for a procurement process that includes public notice and results in the most advantageous proposal.