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SENATE BILL 414
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SB 150/21 – EHE
By: Senator Sydnor
Introduced and read first time: January 26, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 23, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore County – Board of Education – Membership and Election of Officers 2
FOR the purpose of altering the number of members serving on the Baltimore County 3
Board of Education; requiring the Baltimore County Executive to appoint a member 4
of the county board from a certain list of nominees within a certain period of time; 5
altering the processes of the Baltimore County School Board Nominating 6
Commission to require the Commission to forward a list of nominees to an appointing 7
official; altering the quorum requirements for election of the chair and vice chair of 8
the county board; and generally relating to the membership and election of officers 9
for the Baltimore County Board of Education. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Education 12
Section 3–2B–01, 3–2B–03, 3–2B–04, and 3–2B–09(a) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Education 18
3–2B–01. 19
(a) The Baltimore County Board of Education consists of: 20 2 SENATE BILL 414
(1) Seven nonpartisan elected members; 1
(2) [Four] FIVE appointed members; and 2
(3) One student member. 3
(b) (1) Of the [11] 12 elected and appointed members of the county board: 4
(i) One member shall be elected from each of the seven councilmanic 5
districts in the county, established by the County Council of Baltimore County, by the 6
voters of that district; [and] 7
(ii) Four members shall be appointed by the Governor from the 8
county at large; AND 9
(III) ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY 10
EXECUTIVE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY. 11
(2) (i) The seven elected members shall be elected at a general election 12
in accordance with § 3–2B–02 of this subtitle. 13
(ii) The [four] FIVE appointed members shall be appointed [by the 14
Governor] from a list of nominees submitted by the Baltimore County School Board 15
Nominating Commission as provided in § 3–2B–03 of this subtitle: 16
1. On the expiration of the term of an incumbent appointed 17
member within 30 days after the general election; or 18
2. Within the 30–day period otherwise required under this 19
subtitle. 20
(3) (i) A member from a school board district shall be at least 21 years 21
old, a resident of that district for at least 2 years, and a registered voter of the county before 22
the election. 23
(ii) A member from a district who does not maintain residency in 24
that district may not continue as a member of the county board and the office shall be 25
deemed vacant. 26
(iii) If the boundary line of a district is changed, the term of an 27
incumbent member of the county board who no longer resides in the district because of the 28
change is not affected during this term. 29
(4) (i) A member may not be elected or appointed to serve on the county 30
board for more than three consecutive terms. 31 SENATE BILL 414 3
(ii) A member who has served three consecutive 4–year terms may 1
not be elected or appointed to the county board until at least 4 years have elapsed since the 2
end of the member’s last term on the county board. 3
(5) During an election year: 4
(i) [The Governor may not appoint as a member of the county board 5
an] AN individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to the county board MAY 6
NOT BE APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD ; and 7
(ii) An individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to 8
the county board may not seek appointment to the county board [by the Governor] through 9
nomination by the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission. 10
3–2B–03. 11
(a) (1) There is a Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission. 12
(2) The purpose of the Commission is to select nominees to be 13
recommended to the Governor AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY 14
as qualified candidates for appointment to the Baltimore County Board of Education. 15
(3) The Commission shall hold at least three public hearings, each in a 16
different councilmanic district, on the selection of nominees before recommending to the 17
Governor nominees for appointment to the county board. 18
(b) (1) The Commission consists of 19 members who shall be appointed in 19
accordance with this subsection. 20
(2) The Commission shall reflect the rich cultural, geographic, ethnic, and 21
racial diversity of Baltimore County. 22
(3) The Governor, in consultation with the County Executive of Baltimore 23
County, shall appoint eight members, one from each legislative district that lies in whole 24
or in part in Baltimore County. 25
(4) The County Executive of Baltimore County shall appoint one member 26
from the county at large. 27
(5) The following organizations each shall appoint one member: 28
(i) The Teachers Association of Baltimore County; 29
(ii) The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce; 30
(iii) The PTA Council of Baltimore County, Inc.; 31 4 SENATE BILL 414
(iv) Towson University; 1
(v) The League of Women Voters of Baltimore County; 2
(vi) The Baltimore County Branch of the National Association for the 3
Advancement of Colored People; 4
(vii) The Baltimore County Public Schools’ Special Education 5
Citizens’ Advisory Committee; 6
(viii) The Baltimore County Student Councils; 7
(ix) The Council of Administrative and Supervisory Employees; and 8
(x) The Education Support Personnel of Baltimore County. 9
(c) (1) The County Executive for Baltimore County shall designate one of the 10
Commission’s members as chair of the Commission. 11
(2) The term of the chair of the Commission is 4 years. 12
(3) The term of a member of the Commission is 4 years. 13
(d) The Baltimore County Public Schools shall provide staff for the Commission. 14
(e) [Beginning October 1, 2018, for] FOR each nomination for a vacancy on the 15
county board, the Commission shall submit to the [Governor] APPOINTING OFFICIAL a 16
list of nominees that contains: 17
(1) At least two names for each vacancy; or 18
(2) If there are fewer than two applicants for a vacancy, the number of 19
names that is equal to the number of applicants for the vacancy. 20
(f) (1) Absent an extraordinary circumstance, the [Governor] APPOINTING 21
OFFICIAL shall appoint a member to the county board from the list provided by the 22
Commission. 23
(2) If the [Governor] APPOINTING OFFICIAL elects not to appoint a 24
member from a list submitted by the Commission, the [Governor] APPOINTING OFFICIAL 25
shall return the list to the Commission and request that the Commission submit the names 26
of additional qualified candidates. 27
3–2B–04. 28
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(a) Except for the student member, a member serves for a term of 4 years 1
beginning on the first Monday in December after the member’s election or appointment and 2
until a successor is elected or appointed and qualifies. 3
(b) (1) An individual who takes office to fill a vacancy for an elected or 4
appointed member serves for the remainder of the term for which the appointment was 5
made and until a successor is elected or appointed and qualifies. 6
(2) The [Governor] APPOINTING OFFICIAL shall act within 30 days to 7
make any appointment to the county board. 8
3–2B–09. 9
(a) At the first meeting of the county board in December of each year, the county 10
board shall, BY A MAJORITY VOTE O F THE VOTING MEMBERS CURRENTLY SERVING , 11
elect a chair and vice chair from among the members. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 13
October 1, 2022. 14
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.