(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) 'Disadvantaged child' means a child who: (1) Because of environmental conditions, is not achieving at a level that is scholastically up to his potential abilities; (2) Has to compensate for his inability to profit from the normal educational program; (3) Is 3 years old or older and under 19 and has not graduated from high school; (4) Has the potential to complete successfully a regular educational program leading to graduation from a high school; and (5) Because of home and community environment, is subject to language, cultural, and economic disadvantages that make his completion of the regular program leading to graduation unlikely without special efforts by school authorities to provide stimulation of his potential in addition to the efforts involved in providing the regular educational programs. (c) 'Program of compensatory education' means a program adopted by a county board for any of the grades prekindergarten through 12 that: (1) Is in the form required by this subtitle; (2) Supplements the regular educational programs of the county board; (3) Includes a plan for the identification of disadvantaged garten through 12 that: (1) Is in the form required by this subtitle; (2) Supplements the regular educational programs of the county board; (3) Includes a plan for the identification of disadvantaged children; and (4) Has the purpose of providing stimulation of the intellectual abilities of disadvantaged children.
Maryland Legal Code