Maryland § 7-1A-02

§ 7-1A-02.

    (a)    (1)    A local department of social services or a local health department shall provide a parent or guardian with oral and written notice that their child may be eligible for publicly funded prekindergarten programs if the parent or guardian:

            (i)    Applied for economic services with the local department of social services or the local health department; and

            (ii)    Has a child who will be 3 or 4 years old by September 1 of the next academic year.

        (2)    The notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:

            (i)    Contact information for the enrollment office of the local school system and the Division of Early Childhood Development in the Department; and

            (ii)    Information on the existence of the child care scholarship for before and after full–day prekindergarten programming and the possibility of eligibility for State aid.

        (3)    On or before December 1 of each year, each local department of social services and each local health department shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the number of parents who were given a notification and subsequently enrolled their child in a publicly funded prekindergarten program.

    (b)    Each local department of social services or a local health department shall provide to each local school system the name and contact information for each parent or guardian provided notice under subsection (a) of this section.

    (c)    The requirements set forth in § 7–101(b) of this title regarding the domicile of a child and the residency of the child’s parent or guardian shall apply to prekindergarten programs established by county boards as required by this subtitle.