Maryland Code, EDUCATION 16-508
Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 16-508
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(2) To qualify for a grant under this section, each participant in the program shall be a student:
(i) Born outside of the United States or whose native language is not English;
(ii) Who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant; or
(iii) Who is an American Indian or Alaskan native and comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the student’s level of English language proficiency.
(b) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the amount of the grant shall be $800 times the number of qualified full-time equivalent students who are enrolled in a Baltimore City Community College ESOL program, as certified by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
(2) The total amount of the grant under this subsection may not exceed $1,333,000 for any fiscal year.
(c) Baltimore City Community College may not transfer State funds received under this subsection to any other program or category.
(d) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, for any fiscal year in which the State appropriation is insufficient to fully fund all grants eligible under this section, the Governor shall include in the budget bill for the following fiscal year a deficiency appropriation to fund all unfunded grants.