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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0401* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 401 |
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| 8 | 8 | | B1, F5 2lr0155 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 415 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: The President (By Request – Administration) and Senators Bailey, Carozza, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Cassilly, Corderman, Eckardt, Edwards, Gallion, Hershey, Jennings, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ready, Salling, Simonaire, and West |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2022 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Assigned to: Budget and Taxation |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Operating Budget – Funding – Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for certain 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | fiscal years appropriations of certain amounts for certain scholarships for nonpublic 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | school students; and generally relating to the operating budget and funding for 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | scholarships for nonpublic school students. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – State Finance and Procurement 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 7–332 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2021 Replacement Volume) 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – State Finance and Procurement 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7–332. 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “BOOST PROGRAM” MEANS THE BROADENING 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TODAY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STU DENTS WHO ARE ELIGIB LE FOR THE UNITED STATES 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FREE OR REDUCED PRIC E LUNCH PROGRAM TO 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ATTEND ELIGIBLE NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL A 21 2 SENATE BILL 401 |
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| 49 | 49 | | GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT S FOR THE BOOST 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | PROGRAM: 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) $10,000,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024; 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) $12,000,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025; 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) $14,000,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026; AND 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | (4) $16,000,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | THEREAFTER . 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1, 2022. 9 |
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