LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 455 – 1 – Chapter 455 (Senate Bill 444) AN ACT concerning Prince George’s County – School Board Districts – Redistricting Plan FOR the purpose of altering the boundaries of the school board districts for election of the members of the Prince George’s County Board of Education; and generally relating to the school board districts for the Prince George’s County Board of Education. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article – Education Section 3–1001 Annotated Code of Maryland (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article – Education 3–1001. (a) (1) The descriptions of school board districts in this section refer to the geographical boundaries of the election districts and precincts: (i) As reviewed and certified by the Prince George’s County Board of Elections or its designees before the precinct boundaries were reported to the U.S. Bureau of the Census as part of the [2010] 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program; and (ii) As those precinct lines are specifically shown on the Public Law 94–171 census block maps provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and as reviewed and corrected by the Department of Planning. (2) Where precincts are split between board of education districts, census tract and block numbers, as indicated in the P.L. 94–171 data or shown on the P.L. 94–171 census block maps provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and referred to in this subtitle, are used to define the boundaries of board of education districts. [(b) School board district I consists of: (1) Election district 10; (2) Election district 1, precincts 1 through 7; Ch. 455 2022 LAWS OF MARYLAND – 2 – (3) Election district 14, precinct 8; (4) Election district 21, precincts 14 and 97; and (5) That part of election district 14, precinct 11 that consists of: (i) Census tract 8004.01, blocks 1000 through 1009, 1011 through 1013, and 1024; (ii) Census tract 8004.10, blocks 2000 through 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 through 2025, 2031 through 2035, 2081 through 2083, 2088, 3000 through 3004, 3008, 3013, 3034, 3035, 3044, 3045, 3048, 3049, 3051, and 3053 through 3055; and (iii) Census tract 8004.11, blocks 1012 through 1020, 1034 through 1057, 1109, 1111, and 2000 through 2020. (c) School board district II consists of: (1) Election district 1, precinct 8; (2) Election district 19, precincts 1, 2, and 5; (3) Election district 20, precincts 1, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 13; (4) Election district 21, precincts 1 through 4, 6 through 11, 13, 15 through 18, 98, and 99; (5) That part of election district 2, precinct 5 that consists of census tract 8039.00, blocks 1006 and 1007; (6) That part of election district 20, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 8036.12, blocks 1008 and 1009; and (7) That part of election district 21, precinct 12 that consists of census tract 8064.00, blocks 1000 through 1009, 1012, 1013, 1016, 1023, 1024, 1031, and 2030. (d) School board district III consists of: (1) Election district 17; (2) Election district 2, precinct 98; (3) Election district 16, precincts 1 through 5 and 98; (4) Election district 19, precinct 3; LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 455 – 3 – (5) Election district 21, precinct 5; and (6) That part of election district 21, precinct 12 that consists of census tract 8064.00, block 1027. (e) School board district IV consists of: (1) Election district 2, precincts 1 through 4, 6 through 10, and 99; (2) Election district 13, precincts 2, 3, 8, 14, and 17; (3) Election district 14, precinct 2; (4) Election district 16, precinct 99; (5) Election district 18, precincts 5 and 12; (6) Election district 19, precinct 4; (7) Election district 20, precincts 4, 7, 8, 9, and 11; (8) That part of election district 2, precinct 5 that consists of: (i) Census tract 8039.00, blocks 1000 through 1005, 1008 through 1019, 2000 through 2007, 3000 through 3004, 3006, 3008 through 3016, and 3020; (ii) Census tract 8040.01, blocks 2000 and 2008; and (iii) Census tract 8040.02, blocks 1004, 1008, 2000, and 2069; and (9) That part of election district 20, precinct 2 that consists of: (i) Census tract 8036.02, blocks 2000 through 2013, and 2019; (ii) Census tract 8036.08, block 3015; (iii) Census tract 8036.12, blocks 1000 through 1005, 1010 through 1046, 1049, 1050, 1054, 2000 through 2004, 2008, and 2016; and (iv) Census tract 8036.13, blocks 1000 through 1002, 1006, 2008, and 2009. (f) School board district V consists of: (1) Election district 3, precincts 2 through 6; Ch. 455 2022 LAWS OF MARYLAND – 4 – (2) Election district 7, precincts 1 through 11 and 13 through 17; (3) Election district 14, precincts 1, 3 through 7, 9, and 10; and (4) That part of election district 14, precinct 11 that consists of census tract 8004.10, block 3050. (g) School board district VI consists of: (1) Election district 6, precinct 19; (2) Election district 7, precinct 12; (3) Election district 13, precincts 1, 4 through 7, 9 through 13, 15, and 16; (4) Election district 18, precincts 1 through 4 and 6 through 11; (5) Election district 20, precinct 3; and (6) That part of election district 6, precinct 20 that consists of: (i) Census tract 8022.04, blocks 1000, 1001, 1003 through 1009, 1014 through 1017, 2000 through 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019, and 3000 through 3022; and (ii) Census tract 8024.04, blocks 3006, 3007, and 3021. (h) School board district VII consists of: (1) Election district 6, precincts 1, 3 through 12, 14 through 18, and 21 through 24; (2) Election district 15, precincts 2 and 5; and (3) That part of election district 6, precinct 20 that consists of census tract 8022.04, blocks 1002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2016, 4062, 4067, 4070, 4071, and 4072. (i) School board district VIII consists of: (1) Election district 12; (2) Election district 5, precincts 2, 3, 6, 7, and 11; (3) Election district 6, precincts 2 and 13; and LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 455 – 5 – (4) Election district 9, precincts 2 and 5. (j) School board district IX consists of: (1) Election districts 4, 8, and 11; (2) Election district 3, precinct 1; (3) Election district 5, precincts 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 12; (4) Election district 9, precincts 1, 3, 4, and 6 through 11; and (5) Election district 15, precincts 1, 3, 4, and 6.] (B) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT I CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 7; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 14; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 14, PRECINCTS 8, 11, 12, 16, AND 17; AND (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 21, PRECINCTS 14, 92, AND 97. (C) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT II CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 8; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 19, PRECINCTS 1, 2, 5, 98, AND 99; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 20, PRECINCTS 1, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, AND 21; AND (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 21, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4, 6 THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 18, 91, 94, 95, 96, 98, AND 99. (D) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT III CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 96, 98, AND 99; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 16, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 5 AND 98; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 17, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 15; Ch. 455 2022 LAWS OF MARYLAND – 6 – (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 19, PRECINCT 3; AND (5) ELECTION DISTRICT 21, PRECINCTS 5 AND 19. (E) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT IV CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 10 AND 97; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 2, 3, 8, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, AND 99; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 14, PRECINCT 2; (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 16, PRECINCT 99; (5) ELECTION DISTRICT 18, PRECINCTS 5, 12, AND 14; (6) ELECTION DISTRICT 19, PRECINCT 4; AND (7) ELECTION DISTRICT 20, PRECINCTS 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14 THROUGH 20, AND 97. (F) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT V CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCTS 2, 3, AND 5 THROUGH 8; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 11 AND 13 THROUGH 24; AND (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 14, PRECINCTS 1, 3 THROUGH 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, AND 15. (G) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT VI CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 19, 20, AND 99; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCT 12; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 1, 4 THROUGH 7, 9 THROUGH 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 23, 24, AND 25; LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 455 – 7 – (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 18, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4, 6 THROUGH 11, 13, 15, 16, AND 99; AND (5) ELECTION DISTRICT 20, PRECINCTS 3, 98, AND 99. (H) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT VII CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCT 4; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 1, 3 THROUGH 12, 15 THROUGH 18, 21 THROUGH 29, AND 98; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 15, PRECINCTS 2 AND 5; AND (4) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 3 THAT CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 8019.04, BLOCKS 1015, 1016, 1034, AND 1035. (I) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT VIII CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 2, 3, 6, 7, AND 11; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 2, 13, AND 14; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 2, 5, 12, AND 13; AND (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 12, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 18. (J) SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT IX CONSISTS OF: (1) ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCT 1; (2) ELECTION DISTRICT 4, PRECINCT 1; (3) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, AND 12; (4) ELECTION DISTRICT 8, PRECINCT 1; (5) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 1, 4, 6 THROUGH 11, 14, AND 15; (6) ELECTION DISTRICT 11, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 5; (7) ELECTION DISTRICT 15, PRECINCTS 1, 3, 4, AND 6; AND Ch. 455 2022 LAWS OF MARYLAND – 8 – (8) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 3 THAT CONSISTS OF: (I) CENSUS TRACT 8011.05, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 1011 AND 2000 THROUGH 2018; AND (II) CENSUS TRACT 8011.06, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 1009, 2000 THROUGH 2003, AND 3000 THROUGH 3012. SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted. Approved by the Governor, May 16, 2022.