Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 5-232 - Supplemental prekindergarten grants(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2) "Eligible child" means a child: (i) Whose parent or guardian enrolls the child in a public prekindergarten program; and(ii) Who is 4 years old on September 1 of the school year in which the parent or legal guardian enrolls the child in a public prekindergarten program.(3) "Eligible county board" means a county board that makes a full-day public prekindergarten program available for eligible children.(4) "State share of the per pupil foundation amount" means the quotient of the State share of the foundation program for a county divided by the full-time equivalent enrollment of the county.(b) For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the State shall provide a supplemental prekindergarten grant to an eligible county board that equals the percentage of the State share of the per pupil foundation amount multiplied by the number of full-time equivalent eligible children enrolled in a public full-day prekindergarten program on September 30 of the previous school year:(1) For fiscal year 2018, 50%;(2) For fiscal year 2019, 75%;(3) For fiscal year 2020, 100%; and(4) For each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, 100%.(c) The State shall distribute the supplemental prekindergarten grant at the same time the State distributes funds to county boards under this subtitle.Renumbered from 5-218, and amended by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 36,Sec. 3, eff. 3/12/2021.