Section 8-309 - Maryland School for the Blind - Payments by counties(a)(1) Each county board shall pay the Maryland School for the Blind an amount equal to the local share of the basic cost, as defined in § 8-415(d)(1) of this title, for each blind child who is sent to the school from the county each year to support the cost of instructional programming.(2) Each county governing body shall include a child sent to the Maryland School for the Blind under paragraph (1) of this subsection in the full-time equivalent enrollment used for calculating the required local funds appropriated under § 5-202(d) of this article.(b) The Board of Directors of the Maryland School for the Blind shall give each county board on April 1 and October 1 of each year a statement that contains: (1) The number of blind children who are attending from the county; and(2) The name of each blind child from the county and charged to the county.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 672,Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 671,Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.