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HOUSE BILL 476
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By: Delegates Ebersole and Forbes Baltimore County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 21, 2022
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 9, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore County – Board of Education – Member Appointments and Terms and 2
Election of Officers 3
FOR the purpose of altering the process for appointing certain members of the Baltimore 4
County Board of Education in a certain year; altering the term of elected and 5
appointed members and the process for electing officers of the county board in a 6
certain year; and generally relating to the Baltimore County Board of Education. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 3–2B–01, 3–2B–04, and 3–2B–09(a) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Education 15
3–2B–01. 16
(a) The Baltimore County Board of Education consists of: 17
(1) Seven nonpartisan elected members; 18
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(2) Four appointed members; and 1
(3) One student member. 2
(b) (1) Of the 11 elected and appointed members of the county board: 3
(i) One member shall be elected from each of the seven councilmanic 4
districts in the county, established by the County Council of Baltimore County, by the 5
voters of that district; and 6
(ii) Four members shall be appointed by the Governor from the 7
county at large. 8
(2) (i) The seven elected members shall be elected at a general election 9
in accordance with § 3–2B–02 of this subtitle. 10
(ii) [The] SUBJECT TO § 3–2B–04(A)(2) 3–2B–04(A)(3) OF THIS 11
SUBTITLE, THE four appointed members shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of 12
nominees submitted by the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission as 13
provided in § 3–2B–03 of this subtitle: 14
1. On the expiration of the term of an incumbent appointed 15
member within 30 days after the general election; or 16
2. Within the 30–day period otherwise required under this 17
subtitle. 18
(3) (i) A member from a school board district shall be at least 21 years 19
old, a resident of that district for at least 2 years, and a registered voter of the county before 20
the election. 21
(ii) A member from a district who does not maintain residency in 22
that district may not continue as a member of the county board and the office shall be 23
deemed vacant. 24
(iii) If the boundary line of a district is changed, the term of an 25
incumbent member of the county board who no longer resides in the district because of the 26
change is not affected during this term. 27
(4) (i) A member may not be elected or appointed to serve on the county 28
board for more than three consecutive terms. 29
(ii) A member who has served three consecutive 4–year terms may 30
not be elected or appointed to the county board until at least 4 years have elapsed since the 31
end of the member’s last term on the county board. 32
(5) During an election year: 33 HOUSE BILL 476 3
(i) The Governor may not appoint as a member of the county board 1
an individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to the county board; and 2
(ii) An individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to 3
the county board may not seek appointment to the county board by the Governor through 4
nomination by the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission. 5
3–2B–04. 6
(a) (1) Except AS PROVIDED IN PARAG RAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , 7
AND EXCEPT for the student member, a member serves for a term of 4 years [beginning on 8
the first Monday in December after the member’s election or appointment and] until a 9
successor is elected or appointed and qualifies. 10
(2) THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY THE 11
TERMS PROVIDED FOR M EMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD ON JUNE 1, 2022. 12
(2) (3) (I) THE IN 2023, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOIN T FOUR 13
MEMBERS TO THE COUNT Y BOARD ON A DAY THA T IS AFTER THE DATE OF THE 14
GUBERNATORIAL INAUGU RATION AND BEFORE FEBRUARY 1 THAT SAME YEAR . 15
(II) A MEMBER APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 16
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SH ALL BEGIN THEIR TERM ON THE DATE 17
OF THE MEMBER ’S APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR. 18
(III) A MEMBER ELECTED TO TH E COUNTY BOARD SHALL BEGIN 19
THEIR TERM ON THE DATE THAT MEMBERS ARE APPOINTE D IN ACCORDANCE WITH 20
THIS PARAGRAPH . 21
(b) (1) An individual who takes office to fill a vacancy for an elected or 22
appointed member serves for the remainder of the term for which the appointment was 23
made and until a successor is elected or appointed and qualifies. 24
(2) [The] SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (A)(2) (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION , 25
THE Governor shall act within 30 days to make any appointment to the county board. 26
3–2B–09. 27
(a) (1) [At] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS 28
SUBSECTION, AT the first meeting of the county board in December of each year, the 29
county board shall elect a chair and vice chair from among the members. 30
(2) IN A GUBERNATORIAL ELEC TION YEAR 2023, THE COUNTY BOARD 31
SHALL ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS AT THE FIRST 32 4 HOUSE BILL 476
MEETING OF THE COUNT Y BOARD AFTER THE NE W TERM OF THE MEMBER S HAS 1
BEGUN. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the terms of the appointed 3
members of the Baltimore County Board of Education who are appointed in 2023 shall 4
expire at the end of December 1, 2024. 5
SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
June 1, 2022. 7
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.