Section 7-209 - WhyTry Program(a) In this section, "Program" means the WhyTry Program in Baltimore County.(b) This section applies only in Baltimore County.(c) There is a WhyTry Program in Baltimore County.(d) The purpose of the Program is to assist a student with an unweighted grade point average of less than 2.0 per quarter and an attendance rate of less than 94% of the required days of school attendance to become a more effective student as evidenced by an unweighted grade point average of 2.5 or higher per quarter without a letter grade of D or E.(e) The County Board shall develop and implement the Program.(f) The County Board shall select two middle schools that, to the extent practicable, reasonably reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the middle school population in the county in each of the school system's five geographic areas to participate in the Program.(g) The Program shall include a minimum of two teachers who have received two levels of Program training in each of the middle schools selected under subsection (f) of this section.(h) Funds for the Program shall be provided from the Education Trust Fund established under § 9-1A-30 of the State Government Article.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 249,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2016.