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HOUSE BILL 348
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HB 468/21 – W&M
By: Delegate Forbes Baltimore County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 26, 2023
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 9, 2023
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore County – School Board Nominating Commission – Vacancy 2
Procedures 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission 4
to hold a public hearing on the selection of a nominee for a single vacancy on the 5
Baltimore County Board of Education in a certain manner under certain 6
circumstances; requiring the Commission to make publicly available on its website 7
live video streaming of certain public hearings and certain archived video recordings; 8
authorizing the Commission to retain and reactivate the applications of certain 9
candidates for certain vacancies on the county board; and generally relating to the 10
Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission. 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Education 13
Section 3–2B–03 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2022 Replacement Volume) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Education 19
3–2B–03. 20
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(a) (1) There is a Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission. 1
(2) The purpose of the Commission is to select nominees to be 2
recommended to the Governor as qualified candidates for appointment to the Baltimore 3
County Board of Education. 4
(3) (I) The Commission shall hold at least three public hearings, each 5
in a different councilmanic district, on the selection of MULTIPLE nominees before 6
recommending to the Governor nominees for appointment to the county board. 7
(II) FOR A SINGLE VACANCY ON THE COUNTY BOARD , THE 8
COMMISSION SHALL HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS IN T HE FOLLOWING MANNER ON THE 9
SELECTION OF A NOMIN EE BEFORE RECOMMENDING TO THE GOVERNOR THE 10
NOMINEE FOR APPOINTM ENT TO THE COUNTY BO ARD: 11
1. FOR A VACANCY IN A CO UNCILMANIC DISTRICT , AT 12
LEAST ONE PUBLIC MEE TING IN THAT COUNCIL MANIC DISTRICT; OR 13
2. FOR A VACANCY FOR A M EMBER APPOINTED AT 14
LARGE, AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC MEE TING AT THE COUNTY B OARD ADMINISTRATIVE 15
OFFICES. 16
(III) THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE O N 17
ITS WEBSITE: 18
1. LIVE VIDEO STREAMING OF EACH PUBLIC MEETI NG; 19
AND 20
2. A COMPLETE AND UNEDITE D ARCHIVED VIDEO 21
RECORDING OF EACH PUBLIC MEETING FOR WHICH LIVE STREA MING WAS MADE 22
AVAILABLE UNDER ITEM 1 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH . 23
(b) (1) The Commission consists of 19 members who shall be appointed in 24
accordance with this subsection. 25
(2) The Commission shall reflect the rich cultural, geographic, ethnic, and 26
racial diversity of Baltimore County. 27
(3) The Governor, in consultation with the County Executive of Baltimore 28
County, shall appoint eight members, one from each legislative district that lies in whole 29
or in part in Baltimore County. 30
(4) The County Executive of Baltimore County shall appoint one member 31
from the county at large. 32
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(5) The following organizations each shall appoint one member: 1
(i) The Teachers Association of Baltimore County; 2
(ii) The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce; 3
(iii) The PTA Council of Baltimore County, Inc.; 4
(iv) Towson University; 5
(v) The League of Women Voters of Baltimore County; 6
(vi) The Baltimore County Branch of the National Association for the 7
Advancement of Colored People; 8
(vii) The Baltimore County Public Schools’ Special Education 9
Citizens’ Advisory Committee; 10
(viii) The Baltimore County Student Councils; 11
(ix) The Council of Administrative and Supervisory Employees; and 12
(x) The Education Support Personnel of Baltimore County. 13
(c) (1) The County Executive of Baltimore County shall designate one of the 14
Commission’s members as chair of the Commission. 15
(2) The term of the chair of the Commission is 4 years. 16
(3) The term of a member of the Commission is 4 years. 17
(d) The Baltimore County Public Schools shall provide staff for the Commission. 18
(e) Beginning October 1, 2018, for each nomination for a vacancy on the county 19
board, the Commission shall submit to the Governor a list of nominees that contains: 20
(1) At least two names for each vacancy; or 21
(2) If there are fewer than two applicants for a vacancy, the number of 22
names that is equal to the number of applicants for the vacancy. 23
(F) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 24
COMMISSION MAY RETAIN AND REACTIVATE THE A PPLICATION OF A CAND IDATE 25
FOR A VACANCY ON THE COUNTY BOARD FOR UP TO 2 YEARS FROM THE DATE THE 26
COMMISSION SUBMITTED THE LIST OF NOMINEES TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE 27
VACANCY FOR WHICH TH E APPLICANT WAS INIT IALLY CONSIDERED. 28 4 HOUSE BILL 348
(2) (I) THE COMMISSION MAY REACTI VATE THE APPLICATION OF 1
A CANDIDATE UNDER PA RAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION O NLY WITH THE 2
CONSENT OF THE APPLI CANT. 3
(II) TO REACTIVATE AN APPL ICATION UNDER THIS 4
SUBSECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL : 5
1. WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NEW 6
VACANCY, SEND A NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT REQUESTING CONSENT TO 7
REACTIVATE THE APPLICANT’S APPLICATION; AND 8
2. WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE APPLICA NT 9
RECEIVED THE NOTICE UNDER ITEM 1 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH , RECEIVE THE 10
CONSENT OF THE APPLI CANT. 11
[(f)] (G) (1) Absent an extraordinary circumstance, the Governor shall 12
appoint a member to the county board from the list provided by the Commission. 13
(2) If the Governor elects not to appoint a member from a list submitted by 14
the Commission, the Governor shall return the list to the Commission and request that the 15
Commission submit the names of additional qualified candidates. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17
1, 2023. 18
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.