1. A. A student may be counted as eligible for State aid under the transportation services grant if:

   1. (1) The student is between age 3 and age 21;
   2. (2) The student is enrolled in a public school, a school maintained by a State agency, or a nonpublic school;
   3. (3) Transportation services are identified as a related service for a free appropriate public education in the student's individualized education program or in the student’s Section 504 plan; and
   4. (4) The student is receiving services as of the last Friday in October of the prior fiscal year.
2. B. The service providing local school system may include a student enrolled as the result of an out-of-county living arrangement under Education Article, §4-122, Annotated Code of Maryland, in its count for the purpose of calculating State aid under the transportation services grant if the student meets all other eligibility requirements.
3. C. If a local school system provides services to a nonlocal resident student under Education Article, §4-121, Annotated Code of Maryland, the local school system may include the nonlocal resident student in its enrollment count for the purpose of calculating State aid under the transportation services grant if the student meets all other eligibility requirements.

Authority: : Education Article, §§2-205, 5-202, 5-205—5-209, 5-212, 5-218, 5-222, 5-224, 5-225, 7-101, 7-101.1, 8-101—8-105, 8-403, and 8-404,
Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: August 30, 1967

Regulation .02 repealed effective May 10, 1982 (9:9 Md. R. 911)

Regulation .05 adopted effective August 10, 1979 (6:16 Md. R. 1331)

Regulation .06 adopted effective September 19, 1980 (7:19 Md. R. 1808) (Recodified from COMAR 13.02.06.10 to 13A.02.06.06)

Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3130)

Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective September 2, 1991 (18:17 Md. R. 1919)

Regulation .02F repealed effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1385)

Regulation .03 repealed effective August 7, 1989 (16:15 Md. R. 1651)

Regulation .03 adopted effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1532)

Regulations .01—.03 repealed and new Regulations .01—.08 adopted effective July 1, 2003 (30:8 Md. R. 542)

Regulation .01 amended effective October 16, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 888)

Regulation .02B amended effective May 23, 2005 (32:10 Md. R. 925); September 11, 2006 (33:18 Md. R. 1506); April 23, 2007 (34:8 Md. R. 767); January 12, 2009 (36:1 Md. R. 23); January 9, 2012 (38:27 Md. R. 1765); May 23, 2016 (43:10 Md. R. 589); October 16, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 888)

Regulation .03A amended effective November 8, 2004 (31:22 Md. R. 1596)

Regulation .03A amended as an emergency provision effective November 7, 2013 (40:24 Md. R. 2015); emergency status extended to August 13, 2014 (41:5 Md. R. 339); emergency status expired

Regulation .03A amended effective September 29, 2014 (41:19 Md. R. 1080)

Regulation .04B amended effective November 8, 2004 (31:22 Md. R. 1596)

Regulation .05 amended effective October 16, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 888)

Regulation .06A amended effective May 17, 2021 (48:10 Md. R. 401); October 16, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 888)

Regulation .07 amended effective October 16, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 888)

Regulation .07A amended effective June 30, 2008 (35:13 Md. R. 1181)