Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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7	7	SENATE BILL 386
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10	10	By: Senators Lewis Young, Charles, Elfreth, Muse, and A. Washington
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 17, 2024
12	12	Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
13	13
14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	County Boards of Education – Student Members – Voting Rights and 2
19	19	Participation in Executive Sessions 3
20	20
21	21	FOR the purpose of providing that student members on certain county boards of education 4
22	22	may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions 5
23	23	under certain circumstances; providing that student members of county boards have 6
24	24	certain voting rights and may attend certain executive or special sessions; and 7
25	25	generally relating to the rights and privileges of student members of county boards 8
26	26	of education. 9
27	27
28	28	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
29	29	Article – Education 11
30	30	Section 3–105, 3–108.1(m), 3–201(a), (b), and (f), 3–204(c), 3–2A–06, 3–2B–05, 12
31	31	3–301(a), (b), (d), and (h), 3–303, 3–3A–01(d)(2), 3–3A–02(a), (f), and (h), 13
32	32	3–3A–04, 3–3A–05, 3–401(a) and (f), 3–4A–01(a) and (f), 3–501(h), 3–5A–01(a) 14
33	33	and (g), 3–5B–01(a) and (e), 3–601(b) and (f), 3–6A–01(g), 3–701(f), 3–801(a) 15
34	34	and (d), 3–901(e), 3–10A–01, 3–10A–04, 3–1101(a) through (f), 3–12A–01(a), 16
35	35	(e), and (f), 3–12A–04, 3–12A–06, and 3–1401(a), (b), (d), and (h) 17
36	36	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
37	37	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 19
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39	39	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 20
40	40	Article – Education 21
41	41	Section 3–108.1(c) and (d), 3–2A–01(a), 3–2B–01(a), 3–501(a)(1), 3–601(a), 22
42	42	3–6A–01(a) and (b), 3–701(a)(1), and 3–901(a) and (b) 23
43	43	Annotated Code of Maryland 24
44	44	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 25
45	45
46	46	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 26
47	47	Article – Education 27
48	48	Section 3–1002(a), (b), and (f)(1) and (4) 28 2 SENATE BILL 386
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51	51	Annotated Code of Maryland 1
52	52	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 2
53	53	(As enacted by Chapter 217 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022) 3
54	54
55	55	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 4
56	56	Article – Education 5
57	57	Section 3–1002(f)(3) and (5) 6
58	58	Annotated Code of Maryland 7
59	59	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 8
60	60	(As enacted by Chapter 217 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022) 9
61	61
62	62	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED B Y THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
63	63	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 11
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65	65	Article – Education 12
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67	67	3–105. 13
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69	69	(a) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section do not apply to a county if the 14
70	70	number of members of the county board is regulated by other provisions of this title. 15
71	71
72	72	(b) If a county school system has an enrollment of less than 50,000 students, the 16
73	73	county board shall have five members, except that: 17
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75	75	(1) The Worcester County Board shall have the number of members 18
76	76	provided in subsection (e) of this section; and 19
77	77
78	78	(2) Any county board that had more than five members on July 1, 1969, 20
79	79	shall retain that number of members. 21
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81	81	(c) If a county school system has an enrollment of 50,000 students or more but 22
82	82	less than 100,000 students, the county board shall have seven members. 23
83	83
84	84	(d) If a county school system has an enrollment of 100,000 students or more, the 24
85	85	county board shall have nine members except as provided in § 3–901 of this title for 25
86	86	Montgomery County and § 3–1002 of this title for Prince George’s County. 26
87	87
88	88	(e) The Worcester County Board consists of seven voting members and one 27
89	89	[nonvoting] student member from each public high school in the county. 28
90	90
91	91	(F) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , IF A COUNTY 29
92	92	BOARD OF EDUCATION WITHOUT A STUDENT MEMBER ADD S A STUDENT MEMBER T O 30
93	93	THE BOARD ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2024, THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY VOTE ON ANY 31
94	94	MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT A MATTER THAT RELATES TO: 32
95	95	SENATE BILL 386 3
96	96
97	97
98	98	(I) THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 1
99	99	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 2
100	100
101	101	(II) HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 3
102	102
103	103	(III) APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF THIS 4
104	104	ARTICLE. 5
105	105
106	106	(2) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE NONSTUDENT 6
107	107	MEMBERS, A COUNTY BOARD MAY E XPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH A STUDENT 7
108	108	MEMBER MAY VOTE. 8
109	109
110	110	(3) IF A COUNTY BOARD ADDS A STUDENT MEMBE R, THE STUDENT 9
111	111	MEMBER MAY ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN AN EX ECUTIVE OR SPECIAL S ESSION OF 10
112	112	THE COUNTY BOARD ON A MATTER FOR WHICH T HE STUDENT MEMBER MA Y VOTE. 11
113	113
114	114	3–108.1. 12
115	115
116	116	(c) There is a Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners of the Baltimore 13
117	117	City Public School System. 14
118	118
119	119	(d) (1) The board consists of: 15
120	120
121	121	(i) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, nine 16
122	122	voting members appointed by the Mayor from a list of qualified individuals submitted to 17
123	123	the Mayor by the panel; 18
124	124
125	125	(ii) Two elected voting members; and 19
126	126
127	127	(iii) One voting student member elected as provided in subsection (m) 20
128	128	of this section. 21
129	129
130	130	(2) If the Mayor elects not to appoint a member from a list submitted by 22
131	131	the panel under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection, the Mayor shall reconvene the panel to 23
132	132	submit additional names of qualified candidates. 24
133	133
134	134	(m) (1) The student member shall be a student regularly enrolled in the 25
135	135	student’s junior or senior year of high school in the Baltimore City Public School System 26
136	136	who shall be elected by the high school students of the Baltimore City Public School System, 27
137	137	in accordance with procedures established by the board in collaboration with the Associated 28
138	138	Student Congress of Baltimore City. 29
139	139
140	140	(2) The term of a student member is 1 year. 30
141	141
142	142	(3) A student member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms. 31
143	143	4 SENATE BILL 386
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146	146	(4) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH S (5) AND (6) OF THIS SUBSECTION , 1
147	147	THE student member may vote on [matters] ANY MATTER before the board, including 2
148	148	[those relating] A MATTER THAT RELATE S to: 3
149	149
150	150	(i) Capital and operating budgets; 4
151	151
152	152	(ii) School closings, reopenings, and boundaries; and 5
153	153
154	154	(iii) Student disciplinary matters. 6
155	155
156	156	(5) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (6) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE 7
157	157	student member may not vote on [matters] A MATTER before the board [relating to 8
158	158	personnel and collective bargaining decisions] THAT RELATES TO : 9
159	159
160	160	(I) THE DISMISSAL OF OR OTHE R DISCIPLINARY ACTIO N 10
161	161	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 11
162	162
163	163	(II) HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 12
164	164
165	165	(III) APPEALS TO THE BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF THIS ARTICLE . 13
166	166
167	167	(6) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE NONS TUDENT 14
168	168	MEMBERS, THE BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE STUDENT 15
169	169	MEMBER MAY VOTE . 16
170	170
171	171	[(6)] (7) The student member may attend or participate in an executive 17
172	172	or special session of the board ON A MATTER FOR WHIC H THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY 18
173	173	VOTE. 19
174	174
175	175	3–201. 20
176	176
177	177	(a) (1) In this subtitle, “elected member” means a voting member elected under 21
178	178	subsection (d) or (e) of this section or a member appointed to an elected position on the 22
179	179	county board under subsection (e)(3) of this section. 23
180	180
181	181	(2) “Elected member” does not include the [nonvoting] student member 24
182	182	selected under subsection (f) of this section. 25
183	183
184	184	(b) The Allegany County Board consists of: 26
185	185
186	186	(1) Five elected members; and 27
187	187
188	188	(2) One [nonvoting] student member, who is to advise the other members 28
189	189	of the county board on the viewpoint of students who attend Allegany County public schools. 29
190	190	SENATE BILL 386 5
191	191
192	192
193	193	(f) (1) The [nonvoting] student member of the county board shall be: 1
194	194
195	195	(i) A twelfth grade student, in good standing, and regularly enrolled 2
196	196	in an Allegany County public school; 3
197	197
198	198	(ii) A resident of Allegany County for at least 2 years; and 4
199	199
200	200	(iii) Of good character. 5
201	201
202	202	(2) The [nonvoting] student member shall be nominated and elected for a 6
203	203	1–year term during the school year prior to the school year that the member is to serve on 7
204	204	the county board in accordance with procedures adopted by the Allegany County 8
205	205	Association of Student Councils. 9
206	206
207	207	(3) If a vacancy occurs in the student member’s position before the end of 10
208	208	the term, a qualified student shall be selected for the remainder of the term in accordance 11
209	209	with procedures of the Allegany County Association of Student Councils. 12
210	210
211	211	(4) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 13
212	212	STUDENT MEMBER MAY VOTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 14
213	213	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 15
214	214
215	215	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 16
216	216	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 17
217	217
218	218	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 18
219	219
220	220	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 19
221	221	THIS ARTICLE. 20
222	222
223	223	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 21
224	224	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 22
225	225	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 23
226	226
227	227	3–204. 24
228	228
229	229	(c) [A nonvoting] THE student member may not attend executive sessions of the 25
230	230	county board RELATING TO MATTERS ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY N OT 26
231	231	VOTE. 27
232	232
233	233	3–2A–01. 28
234	234
235	235	(a) The Anne Arundel County Board of Education consists of: 29
236	236
237	237	(1) Seven nonpartisan elected members; and 30 6 SENATE BILL 386
238	238
239	239
240	240
241	241	(2) One student member. 1
242	242
243	243	3–2A–06. 2
244	244
245	245	(A) The affirmative vote of at least five members of the county board is required 3
246	246	for the approval of any action. 4
247	247
248	248	(B) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE STUDENT 5
249	249	MEMBER MAY VOTE ON A NY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT A 6
250	250	MATTER THAT RELATES TO: 7
251	251
252	252	(I) THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 8
253	253	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 9
254	254
255	255	(II) HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 10
256	256
257	257	(III) APPEALS TO THE COU NTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF THIS 11
258	258	ARTICLE. 12
259	259
260	260	(2) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE B Y A MAJORITY OF THE ELEC TED 13
261	261	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 14
262	262	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 15
263	263
264	264	3–2B–01. 16
265	265
266	266	(a) The Baltimore County Board of Education consists of: 17
267	267
268	268	(1) Seven nonpartisan elected members; 18
269	269
270	270	(2) Four appointed members; and 19
271	271
272	272	(3) One student member. 20
273	273
274	274	3–2B–05. 21
275	275
276	276	(a) The student member shall: 22
277	277
278	278	(1) Be an 11th or a 12th grade student in the Baltimore County public 23
279	279	school system elected by the middle school and high school students of the county in 24
280	280	accordance with procedures established by the Baltimore County student councils; 25
281	281
282	282	(2) Serve for 1 year; and 26
283	283
284	284	(3) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students. 27
285	285	SENATE BILL 386 7
286	286
287	287
288	288	(b) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county 1
289	289	board, the student member may not attend an executive session that relates to [: 2
290	290
291	291	(1) Hearings on appeals of special education placements; 3
292	292
293	293	(2) Hearings held under § 6–202(a) of this article; or 4
294	294
295	295	(3) Collective bargaining] A MATTER ON WHICH TH E STUDENT MEMBER 5
296	296	MAY NOT VOTE . 6
297	297
298	298	(c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the student member may vote on all 7
299	299	matters except [those relating] A MATTER THAT RELATE S to: 8
300	300
301	301	(1) [§ 6–202(a) of this article] THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER 9
302	302	DISCIPLINARY ACTION INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 10
303	303
304	304	(2) [Collective bargaining] HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS 11
305	305	ARTICLE; and 12
306	306
307	307	(3) [School closings, reopenings, and boundaries] APPEALS TO THE 13
308	308	COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF THIS ARTICLE . 14
309	309
310	310	(d) On a majority vote of the nonstudent members, the county board may 15
311	311	[determine]: 16
312	312
313	313	(1) DETERMINE, on a case–by–case basis, whether a matter under 17
314	314	consideration is covered by the exclusionary provisions listed in subsection (c) of this 18
315	315	section; AND 19
316	316
317	317	(2) EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY 20
318	318	VOTE. 21
319	319
320	320	(e) (1) On or before December 31, 2023, a workgroup composed of several 22
321	321	members of the county board and the executive leadership of the Baltimore County public 23
322	322	school system shall develop a draft curriculum for budget training for student members of 24
323	323	the county board and submit the draft curriculum to the county board for review. 25
324	324
325	325	(2) The training for student members shall: 26
326	326
327	327	(i) Focus on the operating and capital budget process of the county 27
328	328	board; and 28
329	329
330	330	(ii) Be facilitated by representatives of the Baltimore County public 29
331	331	school system’s Division of Business Services. 30
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333	333
334	334
335	335	[(3) Each student member shall be required to complete the budget 1
336	336	training: 2
337	337
338	338	(i) Within 2 months of the student member’s election to the county 3
339	339	board; and 4
340	340
341	341	(ii) In order to be eligible to vote on budgetary matters.] 5
342	342
343	343	3–301. 6
344	344
345	345	(a) The Calvert County Board consists of five [voting] ELECTED members and 7
346	346	one [nonvoting] student member. 8
347	347
348	348	(b) The five [voting] ELECTED members of the Calvert County Board shall be 9
349	349	elected at a general election as required by subsections (d) and (f) of this section. 10
350	350
351	351	(d) Of the five [voting] ELECTED members of the county board: 11
352	352
353	353	(1) One shall be elected from each of the three county commissioner 12
354	354	districts; and 13
355	355
356	356	(2) Two shall be elected from the county at large. 14
357	357
358	358	(h) (1) The student member shall: 15
359	359
360	360	(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Calvert County 16
361	361	public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with 17
362	362	procedures established by the school system; 18
363	363
364	364	(ii) Serve for 1 year beginning on June 1; 19
365	365
366	366	(iii) [Be] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , BE 20
367	367	a [nonvoting] VOTING member; and 21
368	368
369	369	(iv) Advise the board on the thoughts and feelings of the students. 22
370	370
371	371	(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 23
372	372	ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE county board, the student may not attend an executive 24
373	373	session RELATING TO A MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE . 25
374	374
375	375	(3) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 26
376	376	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 27
377	377	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 28
378	378
379	379	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 29
380	380	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 30 SENATE BILL 386 9
381	381
382	382
383	383
384	384	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 1
385	385
386	386	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 2
387	387	THIS ARTICLE. 3
388	388
389	389	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F THE MAJORITY OF THE 4
390	390	ELECTED MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH 5
391	391	THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 6
392	392
393	393	3–303. 7
394	394
395	395	(a) At its first meeting at the beginning of each calendar year, the county board 8
396	396	shall elect a president and a vice president from among its ELECTED members. 9
397	397
398	398	(b) (1) The president of the county board is entitled to receive $6,500 annually 10
399	399	as compensation and the other members are entitled to receive $5,500 each annually as 11
400	400	compensation. 12
401	401
402	402	(2) An elected member is entitled to health insurance benefits regularly 13
403	403	provided to employees of the board of education under the same terms and conditions 14
404	404	extended to other employees of the board of education. 15
405	405
406	406	3–3A–01. 16
407	407
408	408	(d) (2) “Elected member” does not include the [nonvoting] student members 17
409	409	selected under § 3–3A–02(f) of this subtitle. 18
410	410
411	411	3–3A–02. 19
412	412
413	413	(a) The Caroline County Board of Education consists of: 20
414	414
415	415	(1) Three elected members; 21
416	416
417	417	(2) Two appointed members; and 22
418	418
419	419	(3) Two [nonvoting] student members. 23
420	420
421	421	(f) (1) A student member of the county board shall: 24
422	422
423	423	(i) Be a regularly enrolled eleventh or twelfth grade student of good 25
424	424	character and in good standing in a Caroline County public high school during the student’s 26
425	425	term in office; 27
426	426
427	427	(ii) Be selected in the student’s tenth or eleventh grade in accordance 28
428	428	with paragraph (3) of this subsection; and 29 10 SENATE BILL 386
429	429
430	430
431	431
432	432	(iii) 1. Serve for a term of 1 year; and 1
433	433
434	434	2. If the student is in the twelfth grade, continue to serve 2
435	435	after graduation and until a successor is selected and qualifies. 3
436	436
437	437	(2) Each high school in the county shall be represented by a student 4
438	438	member of the county board. 5
439	439
440	440	(3) (i) For nomination to the county board, the student body shall 6
441	441	submit to the principal of the high school a list of nominees that contains the names of 7
442	442	eligible students. 8
443	443
444	444	(ii) The principal of the high school shall select the student member 9
445	445	from the list of nominees submitted to the principal under subparagraph (i) of this 10
446	446	paragraph. 11
447	447
448	448	(4) If a vacancy in the position of student member occurs during the term 12
449	449	of a student member, the principal of the high school represented on the county board shall 13
450	450	select another student member using the method set forth under paragraph (3) of this 14
451	451	subsection. 15
452	452
453	453	(5) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , A 16
454	454	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 17
455	455	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 18
456	456
457	457	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 19
458	458	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 20
459	459
460	460	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 21
461	461
462	462	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 22
463	463	THIS ARTICLE. 23
464	464
465	465	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE 24
466	466	NONSTUDENT MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON 25
467	467	WHICH A STUDENT MEMBER MAY VOTE. 26
468	468
469	469	(6) THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY N OT ATTEND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS 27
470	470	OF THE COUNTY BOARD RELATING TO MATTERS ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER 28
471	471	MAY NOT VOTE . 29
472	472
473	473	(h) (1) In the event of a vacancy of an elected member on the county board due 30
474	474	to death, resignation, disqualification, or removal, the remaining [voting] NONSTUDENT 31 SENATE BILL 386 11
475	475
476	476
477	477	members shall select a qualified individual to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term 1
478	478	of the vacating member and until a successor is elected and qualifies. 2
479	479
480	480	(2) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy for an elected member shall be 3
481	481	a resident of the same board of education district as that of the vacating member. 4
482	482
483	483	(3) Before filling a vacancy for an elected member, the remaining [voting] 5
484	484	NONSTUDENT members of the county board shall conduct an interview of each applicant 6
485	485	at an open meeting. 7
486	486
487	487	(4) (i) The county board shall publish a list of the names of the 8
488	488	applicants for a vacancy on the county board at least 2 weeks before the interview of the 9
489	489	first applicant is scheduled to occur. 10
490	490
491	491	(ii) The county board shall cause public notice of the date, time, and 11
492	492	location of the interview for each applicant to be published: 12
493	493
494	494	1. At least 2 weeks before the interview is scheduled to occur; 13
495	495	and 14
496	496
497	497	2. In the same manner as public notice of a regular meeting 15
498	498	of the county board is published. 16
499	499
500	500	(5) The county board is not required to conduct discussions of the 17
501	501	applicants or make the final selection of the elected member to fill the vacancy at an open 18
502	502	meeting. 19
503	503
504	504	3–3A–04. 20
505	505
506	506	(a) At its first meeting in December of each year, the [voting] NONSTUDENT 21
507	507	members of the county board shall elect a president and vice president from among its 22
508	508	members. 23
509	509
510	510	(b) In the event of a vacancy in the office of president or vice president of the 24
511	511	county board, the [voting] NONSTUDENT members of the county board shall elect a new 25
512	512	officer to fill the vacancy within 30 days after the vacancy occurs. 26
513	513
514	514	3–3A–05. 27
515	515
516	516	(a) The president of the county board is entitled to receive $4,000 annually as 28
517	517	compensation, and the other [voting] NONSTUDENT members are entitled to receive 29
518	518	$3,500 each annually as compensation. 30
519	519
520	520	(b) As provided in the Caroline County budget, each [voting] NONSTUDENT 31
521	521	member is entitled to an allowance for travel and other expenses. 32
522	522	12 SENATE BILL 386
523	523
524	524
525	525	(c) A [voting] NONSTUDENT member is not eligible for any fringe benefit 1
526	526	provided by the Caroline County Public School System, the Caroline County Board of 2
527	527	Education, or the County Commissioners of Caroline County, including: 3
528	528
529	529	(1) Health insurance; 4
530	530
531	531	(2) Life insurance; and 5
532	532
533	533	(3) A pension. 6
534	534
535	535	3–401. 7
536	536
537	537	(a) The Carroll County Board consists of: 8
538	538
539	539	(1) Five voting members; 9
540	540
541	541	(2) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, one [nonvoting] VOTING 10
542	542	student [representative] MEMBER; and 11
543	543
544	544	(3) The County Commissioners, who are nonvoting ex officio members. 12
545	545
546	546	(f) (1) The student [representative] MEMBER shall: 13
547	547
548	548	(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Carroll County 14
549	549	public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with 15
550	550	procedures established by the school system; 16
551	551
552	552	(ii) Be a student government association representative at the 17
553	553	student’s high school; 18
554	554
555	555	(iii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 19
556	556	student [representative; and] MEMBER; 20
557	557
558	558	(iv) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students 21
559	559	in Carroll County public schools; AND 22
560	560
561	561	(V) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , VOTE 23
562	562	ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT A MATTE R THAT RELATES TO : 24
563	563
564	564	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 25
565	565	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 26
566	566
567	567	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 27
568	568
569	569	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 28
570	570	THIS ARTICLE. 29 SENATE BILL 386 13
571	571
572	572
573	573
574	574	(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 1
575	575	county board, the student [representative] MEMBER may not attend an executive session 2
576	576	of the county board RELATING TO A MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY 3
577	577	NOT VOTE. 4
578	578
579	579	(3) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 5
580	580	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 6
581	581	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 7
582	582
583	583	3–4A–01. 8
584	584
585	585	(a) The Cecil County Board consists of six members as follows: 9
586	586
587	587	(1) One voting member elected from each of the five commissioner districts; 10
588	588	and 11
589	589
590	590	(2) One [nonvoting] VOTING student member. 12
591	591
592	592	(f) (1) The student member shall: 13
593	593
594	594	(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Cecil County 14
595	595	public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with 15
596	596	procedures established by the school system; 16
597	597
598	598	(ii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 17
599	599	member; 18
600	600
601	601	(iii) [Be] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , BE 19
602	602	a [nonvoting] VOTING member; and 20
603	603
604	604	(iv) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students. 21
605	605
606	606	(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 22
607	607	county board, the student member may not attend an executive session RELATING TO A 23
608	608	MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY N OT VOTE. 24
609	609
610	610	(3) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 25
611	611	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 26
612	612	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 27
613	613
614	614	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 28
615	615	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 29
616	616
617	617	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 30 14 SENATE BILL 386
618	618
619	619
620	620
621	621	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 1
622	622	THIS ARTICLE. 2
623	623
624	624	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE 3
625	625	NONSTUDENT VOTING MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS 4
626	626	ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 5
627	627
628	628	3–501. 6
629	629
630	630	(a) (1) The Charles County Board consists of: 7
631	631
632	632	(i) Nine elected members; and 8
633	633
634	634	(ii) One student member. 9
635	635
636	636	(h) (1) The student member of the Charles County Board shall be an 11th or 10
637	637	12th grade student in the Charles County Public School System. 11
638	638
639	639	(2) The student member, and an alternate, shall be selected by the Charles 12
640	640	County Association of Student Councils. 13
641	641
642	642	(3) The term of the student member shall be 1 year. 14
643	643
644	644	(4) (i) The student member shall be a voting member of the board. 15
645	645
646	646	(ii) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (8) OF THIS SUBSECTION , 16
647	647	THE student member may vote on all matters before the board except [those relating] A 17
648	648	MATTER THAT RELATES to: 18
649	649
650	650	1. [Hearings on appeals of special education placements] 19
651	651	THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION INVOLVING PERSO NNEL; 20
652	652
653	653	2. Hearings held under [§§ 4–205 and 7–305] § 6–202 of this 21
654	654	article; OR 22
655	655
656	656	3. [Personnel matters, including those under §§ 6–201 and 23
657	657	6–202] APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 of this article[; 24
658	658
659	659	4. Appointment, salary, and evaluation of the county 25
660	660	superintendent; 26
661	661
662	662	5. Collective bargaining decisions; 27
663	663
664	664	6. Capital and operating budgets; and 28
665	665	SENATE BILL 386 15
666	666
667	667
668	668	7. School closings, openings, and boundaries]. 1
669	669
670	670	(5) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 2
671	671	county board, the student member may not attend an executive session that relates to any 3
672	672	matter for which the student member may not vote. 4
673	673
674	674	(6) On a majority vote of the elected members, the county board may 5
675	675	determine, on a case–by–case basis, whether a matter under consideration is covered by 6
676	676	the exclusionary provisions listed in paragraph (4) of this subsection. 7
677	677
678	678	(7) The State Board may remove the student member from the county 8
679	679	board in the same manner as an elected member. 9
680	680
681	681	(8) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 10
682	682	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 11
683	683	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 12
684	684
685	685	3–5A–01. 13
686	686
687	687	(a) The Dorchester County Board consists of: 14
688	688
689	689	(1) Five voting members, elected in accordance with subsection (b) of this 15
690	690	section; and 16
691	691
692	692	(2) One [nonvoting] VOTING student member from each public high school 17
693	693	in the county. 18
694	694
695	695	(g) (1) Each student member shall: 19
696	696
697	697	(i) Be a twelfth grade student in the Dorchester County public 20
698	698	school system elected by the high school students of the public school that the student 21
699	699	attends, in accordance with procedures established by the school system; 22
700	700
701	701	(ii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 23
702	702	member; 24
703	703
704	704	(iii) [Be] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , BE 25
705	705	a [nonvoting] VOTING member; and 26
706	706
707	707	(iv) Advise the board on the interests of students. 27
708	708
709	709	(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 28
710	710	county board, the student members may not attend an executive session RELATING TO A 29
711	711	MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER S MAY NOT VOTE . 30
712	712	16 SENATE BILL 386
713	713
714	714
715	715	(3) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 1
716	716	STUDENT MEMBER S MAY VOTE ON ANY MATT ER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD 2
717	717	EXCEPT A MATTER THAT RELATES TO: 3
718	718
719	719	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 4
720	720	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 5
721	721
722	722	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 6
723	723
724	724	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 7
725	725	THIS ARTICLE. 8
726	726
727	727	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE 9
728	728	NONSTUDENT VOTING MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS 10
729	729	ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER S MAY VOTE. 11
730	730
731	731	3–5B–01. 12
732	732
733	733	(a) The Frederick County Board consists of eight members as follows: 13
734	734
735	735	(1) Seven members elected from the county at large; and 14
736	736
737	737	(2) One [nonvoting] student member. 15
738	738
739	739	(e) (1) The student member shall: 16
740	740
741	741	(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Frederick County 17
742	742	public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with 18
743	743	procedures established by the school system; 19
744	744
745	745	(ii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 20
746	746	member; 21
747	747
748	748	(iii) [Be] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , BE 22
749	749	a [nonvoting] VOTING member; and 23
750	750
751	751	(iv) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students. 24
752	752
753	753	(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 25
754	754	county board, the student member may not attend an executive session RELATING TO A 26
755	755	MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE . 27
756	756
757	757	(3) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 28
758	758	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 29
759	759	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 30 SENATE BILL 386 17
760	760
761	761
762	762
763	763	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 1
764	764	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 2
765	765
766	766	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 3
767	767
768	768	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 4
769	769	THIS ARTICLE. 5
770	770
771	771	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 6
772	772	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 7
773	773	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 8
774	774
775	775	3–601. 9
776	776
777	777	(a) (1) In this subtitle, “elected member” means a member of the county board 10
778	778	elected under subsection (b)(1) or (2) of this section or appointed to fill a vacancy under 11
779	779	subsection (e)(3) of this section. 12
780	780
781	781	(2) “Elected member” does not include the student member selected under 13
782	782	subsection (f) of this section. 14
783	783
784	784	(b) The Garrett County Board consists of: 15
785	785
786	786	(1) One elected member from each county commissioner district; 16
787	787
788	788	(2) Two elected members from the county at large; and 17
789	789
790	790	(3) One [nonvoting] student member. 18
791	791
792	792	(f) (1) Each May, the elected members of the county board shall select a 19
793	793	student member, and an alternate to serve in the event of a vacancy in the student 20
794	794	member’s position, from among candidates recommended by the Garrett County 21
795	795	Association of Student Councils. 22
796	796
797	797	(2) The term of the student member is 1 year and begins on July 1. 23
798	798
799	799	(3) To be considered for the position of student member, or as the alternate 24
800	800	for the student member’s position, a student shall: 25
801	801
802	802	(i) Be a sophomore or junior in high school at the time of applying; 26
803	803
804	804	(ii) Have attended Garrett County public schools for at least 2 years; 27
805	805
806	806	(iii) Be in good academic standing and have maintained a grade 28
807	807	average of at least 80% during the previous 2 academic years; and 29 18 SENATE BILL 386
808	808
809	809
810	810
811	811	(iv) Not have experienced significant attendance or disciplinary 1
812	812	problems during the student’s high school career. 2
813	813
814	814	(4) (i) The Garrett County Association of Student Councils shall 3
815	815	propose procedures governing the selection of candidates for the student member’s position. 4
816	816
817	817	(ii) The procedures proposed under this paragraph are subject to the 5
818	818	approval of the elected members of the board. 6
819	819
820	820	(iii) The procedures adopted under this paragraph shall provide for 7
821	821	the selection of up to four candidates, selected by the Garrett County Association of Student 8
822	822	Councils by secret ballot, for the position of student member. The names of the candidates 9
823	823	shall be forwarded to the elected members of the county board for final selection of the 10
824	824	student member and of an alternate. 11
825	825
826	826	(5) The student member: 12
827	827
828	828	(i) Shall attend all regular meetings of the county board; 13
829	829
830	830	(ii) May attend special public meetings of the county board; 14
831	831
832	832	(iii) Shall attend all meetings of the Garrett County Association of 15
833	833	Student Councils; and 16
834	834
835	835	(iv) Shall continue to meet all the requirements for selection to the 17
836	836	student member position. 18
837	837
838	838	(6) The student member may not attend executive sessions of the county 19
839	839	board RELATING TO A MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE . 20
840	840
841	841	(7) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 21
842	842	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 22
843	843	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 23
844	844
845	845	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 24
846	846	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 25
847	847
848	848	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 26
849	849
850	850	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 27
851	851	THIS ARTICLE. 28
852	852
853	853	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 29
854	854	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 30
855	855	STUDENT MEMBER MA Y VOTE. 31 SENATE BILL 386 19
856	856
857	857
858	858
859	859	3–6A–01. 1
860	860
861	861	(a) (1) In this subtitle, “elected member” means a voting member elected under 2
862	862	subsection (d) or (e) of this section or a member appointed to an elected position on the 3
863	863	Harford County Board of Education under subsection (f)(1) of this section. 4
864	864
865	865	(2) “Elected member” does not include a: 5
866	866
867	867	(i) County superintendent of schools serving as an ex officio member 6
868	868	of the county board; or 7
869	869
870	870	(ii) Student member selected under subsection (g) of this section. 8
871	871
872	872	(b) The county board consists of: 9
873	873
874	874	(1) Six elected members; 10
875	875
876	876	(2) Three appointed members; 11
877	877
878	878	(3) The county superintendent of schools, who is an ex officio nonvoting 12
879	879	member; and 13
880	880
881	881	(4) One student member. 14
882	882
883	883	(g) (1) The student member of the county board shall be elected by the high 15
884	884	school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the Harford 16
885	885	County public school system. 17
886	886
887	887	(2) The student member shall: 18
888	888
889	889	(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student, in good standing, and 19
890	890	regularly enrolled in the Harford County public school system; 20
891	891
892	892	(ii) Be a student government association representative at the 21
893	893	student’s high school; 22
894	894
895	895	(iii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 23
896	896	member; 24
897	897
898	898	(iv) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, 25
899	899	be a voting member; and 26
900	900
901	901	(v) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students 27
902	902	in the Harford County public schools. 28
903	903	20 SENATE BILL 386
904	904
905	905
906	906	(3) (i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (iii) of this 1
907	907	paragraph, the student member of the county board has the same rights and privileges as 2
908	908	a member appointed or elected under subsection (d) of this section. 3
909	909
910	910	(ii) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of 4
911	911	the county board, the student member may not attend an executive session of the county 5
912	912	board addressing a matter on which a student member is prohibited from voting on under 6
913	913	subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph. 7
914	914
915	915	(iii) [The] SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (IV) OF THIS 8
916	916	PARAGRAPH , THE student member shall vote on and participate in [all matters except 9
917	917	those relating] ANY MATTER BEFORE TH E COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT A MATTER THAT 10
918	918	RELATES to: 11
919	919
920	920	[1. Geographical attendance areas under § 4–109 of this 12
921	921	article; 13
922	922
923	923	2. Acquisition and disposition of real property and matters 14
924	924	pertaining to school construction under § 4–115 of this article; 15
925	925
926	926	3. Employment of architects under § 4–117 of this article; 16
927	927
928	928	4. Donations under § 4–118 of this article; 17
929	929
930	930	5. Condemnation under § 4–119 of this article; 18
931	931
932	932	6. Consolidation of schools and transportation of students 19
933	933	under § 4–120 of this article; 20
934	934
935	935	7. Appointment and salary of a county superintendent under 21
936	936	§§ 4–201 and 4–202 of this article; 22
937	937
938	938	8. Employee discipline and other appeals under § 4–205(c) of 23
939	939	this article; 24
940	940
941	941	9. Budgetary matters under Title 5 of this article; 25
942	942
943	943	10. Appointment and promotion of staff under § 6–201 of this 26
944	944	article; 27
945	945
946	946	11. Discipline of certificated staff under § 6–202 of this article; 28
947	947
948	948	12. Collective bargaining for certificated employees under 29
949	949	Title 6, Subtitle 4 of this article; 30
950	950
951	951	13. Collective bargaining for noncertificated employees under 31
952	952	Title 6, Subtitle 5 of this article; 32 SENATE BILL 386 21
953	953
954	954
955	955
956	956	14. Student suspension and expulsion under § 7–305 of this 1
957	957	article; and 2
958	958
959	959	15. School calendar and curriculum] 3
960	960
961	961	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 4
962	962	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 5
963	963
964	964	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 6
965	965
966	966	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 7
967	967	THIS ARTICLE. 8
968	968
969	969	(IV) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY THE 9
970	970	NONSTUDENT MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON 10
971	971	WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 11
972	972
973	973	3–701. 12
974	974
975	975	(a) (1) The Howard County Board consists of: 13
976	976
977	977	(i) Seven elected members; and 14
978	978
979	979	(ii) One student member. 15
980	980
981	981	(f) (1) The student member shall be a bona fide resident of Howard County 16
982	982	and a regularly enrolled junior or senior year student from a Howard County public high 17
983	983	school. 18
984	984
985	985	(2) The student member shall serve for a term of 1 year beginning on July 19
986	986	1 after the member’s election, subject to confirmation of the election results by the county 20
987	987	board. 21
988	988
989	989	(3) The nomination and election process for the student member: 22
990	990
991	991	(i) Shall be approved by the Howard County Board of Education; 23
992	992
993	993	(ii) Shall include a provision that provides for the replacement of one 24
994	994	or both of the final candidates if one or both of them are unable, ineligible, or disqualified 25
995	995	to proceed in the election; and 26
996	996
997	997	(iii) Shall allow for any student in grades 6 through 11 enrolled in a 27
998	998	Howard County public school to vote directly for one of the two student member candidates. 28
999	999	22 SENATE BILL 386
1000	1000
1001	1001
1002	1002	(4) The student member candidate who receives the second highest 1
1003	1003	number of votes in the direct election: 2
1004	1004
1005	1005	(i) Shall become the alternate student member; and 3
1006	1006
1007	1007	(ii) Shall serve if the student member who is elected is unable, 4
1008	1008	ineligible, or disqualified to complete the student member’s term of office. 5
1009	1009
1010	1010	(5) Except as provided in paragraphs (6) [and], (7), AND (8) of this 6
1011	1011	subsection, the student member has the same rights and privileges as an elected member. 7
1012	1012
1013	1013	(6) Unless invited to attend by the affirmative vote of a majority of the 8
1014	1014	county board, the student member may not attend a closed session addressing a matter on 9
1015	1015	which a student member is prohibited from voting under paragraph (7) of this subsection. 10
1016	1016
1017	1017	(7) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (8) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 11
1018	1018	student member shall vote on [all matters except those relating] ANY MATTER BEFORE 12
1019	1019	THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT A MATTE R THAT RELATES to: 13
1020	1020
1021	1021	[(i) Geographical attendance areas under § 4–109 of this article; 14
1022	1022
1023	1023	(ii) Acquisition and disposition of real property and matters 15
1024	1024	pertaining to school construction under § 4–115 of this article; 16
1025	1025
1026	1026	(iii) Employment of architects under § 4–117 of this article; 17
1027	1027
1028	1028	(iv) Donations under § 4–118 of this article; 18
1029	1029
1030	1030	(v) Condemnation under § 4–119 of this article; 19
1031	1031
1032	1032	(vi) Consolidation of schools and transportation of students under § 20
1033	1033	4–120 of this article; 21
1034	1034
1035	1035	(vii) Appointment and salary of a county superintendent under §§ 22
1036	1036	4–201 and 4–202 of this article; 23
1037	1037
1038	1038	(viii) Employee discipline and other appeals under § 4–205(c) of this 24
1039	1039	article; 25
1040	1040
1041	1041	(ix) Budgetary matters under Title 5 of this article; 26
1042	1042
1043	1043	(x) Appointment and promotion of staff under § 6–201 of this article; 27
1044	1044
1045	1045	(xi) Discipline of certificated staff under § 6–202 of this article; 28
1046	1046
1047	1047	(xii) Collective bargaining for certificated employees under Title 6, 29
1048	1048	Subtitle 4 of this article; 30 SENATE BILL 386 23
1049	1049
1050	1050
1051	1051
1052	1052	(xiii) Collective bargaining for noncertificated employees under Title 1
1053	1053	6, Subtitle 5 of this article; and 2
1054	1054
1055	1055	(xiv) Student suspension and expulsion under § 7–305 of this article] 3
1056	1056
1057	1057	(I) THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 4
1058	1058	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 5
1059	1059
1060	1060	(II) HEARINGS HELD UN DER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 6
1061	1061
1062	1062	(III) APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF THIS 7
1063	1063	ARTICLE. 8
1064	1064
1065	1065	(8) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 9
1066	1066	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 10
1067	1067	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 11
1068	1068
1069	1069	(9) The student member may not receive compensation but, after 12
1070	1070	submitting expense vouchers, shall be reimbursed for out–of–pocket expenses incurred in 13
1071	1071	connection with official duties, in accordance with the procedures and regulations 14
1072	1072	established by the county board. 15
1073	1073
1074	1074	3–801. 16
1075	1075
1076	1076	(a) The Kent County Board consists of: 17
1077	1077
1078	1078	(1) Five voting members; and 18
1079	1079
1080	1080	(2) One [nonvoting] student member. 19
1081	1081
1082	1082	(d) (1) The student member shall: 20
1083	1083
1084	1084	(i) Be a bona fide resident of Kent County; 21
1085	1085
1086	1086	(ii) Be a regularly enrolled junior or senior at the Kent County public 22
1087	1087	high school elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with paragraph 23
1088	1088	(2) of this subsection; 24
1089	1089
1090	1090	(iii) Be a member of student government; 25
1091	1091
1092	1092	(iv) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 26
1093	1093	student member; [and] 27
1094	1094
1095	1095	(v) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students 28
1096	1096	in the Kent County public schools; AND 29 24 SENATE BILL 386
1097	1097
1098	1098
1099	1099
1100	1100	(VI) VOTE ON ALL MATTERS E XCEPT FOR A MATTER P ROHIBITED 1
1101	1101	UNDER PARAGRAPH (6) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 2
1102	1102
1103	1103	(2) (i) The process for applying and electing a student as a student 3
1104	1104	member shall be as set forth in this paragraph. 4
1105	1105
1106	1106	(ii) 1. An eligible student shall submit an application to the 5
1107	1107	county board on a form provided by the county board beginning on January 1 of each year. 6
1108	1108
1109	1109	2. Each applicant shall deliver a speech to the student body 7
1110	1110	of Kent County High School. 8
1111	1111
1112	1112	(iii) 1. Any high school student in the county may vote directly 9
1113	1113	for the student member candidates in an election held before May 1 each year. 10
1114	1114
1115	1115	2. The student member candidate that receives the highest 11
1116	1116	number of votes shall become the student member. 12
1117	1117
1118	1118	(iv) Notice of the results of the election for student member shall be 13
1119	1119	reported to the County Superintendent on or before May 1 each year. 14
1120	1120
1121	1121	(3) If the student member is unable, ineligible, or disqualified to complete 15
1122	1122	the student member’s term of the office, the county board shall appoint a qualified student 16
1123	1123	to serve for the remainder of the term. 17
1124	1124
1125	1125	(4) The student member shall attend: 18
1126	1126
1127	1127	(i) The Maryland Association of Boards of Education new student 19
1128	1128	board member orientation; and 20
1129	1129
1130	1130	(ii) All regular meetings of the county board. 21
1131	1131
1132	1132	(5) The student member may not attend an executive session of the county 22
1133	1133	board THAT RELATES TO A MA TTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY N OT 23
1134	1134	VOTE. 24
1135	1135
1136	1136	(6) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 25
1137	1137	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 26
1138	1138	A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 27
1139	1139
1140	1140	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 28
1141	1141	INVOLVING PERSO NNEL; 29
1142	1142
1143	1143	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 30
1144	1144	SENATE BILL 386 25
1145	1145
1146	1146
1147	1147	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 1
1148	1148	THIS ARTICLE. 2
1149	1149
1150	1150	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 3
1151	1151	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 4
1152	1152	STUDENT MEMBER MAY VOTE . 5
1153	1153
1154	1154	3–901. 6
1155	1155
1156	1156	(a) (1) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 7
1157	1157
1158	1158	(2) “Board of education district” means a geographic area of Montgomery 8
1159	1159	County in which an elected member of the Montgomery County Board of Education must 9
1160	1160	be a legal resident. The geographic area of each district is described in subsection (f) of this 10
1161	1161	section. Each district shall be substantially equal in population, and the districts shall be 11
1162	1162	reapportioned on the basis of each decennial census of the United States. 12
1163	1163
1164	1164	(3) “Elected member” means 1 of the 7 elected and voting members of the 13
1165	1165	Montgomery County Board or a member appointed to fill a vacancy of 1 of these 7 members. 14
1166	1166
1167	1167	(b) The Montgomery County Board consists of: 15
1168	1168
1169	1169	(1) 5 elected members, each of whom resides in a different board of 16
1170	1170	education district; 17
1171	1171
1172	1172	(2) 2 elected members who may reside anywhere in the county; and 18
1173	1173
1174	1174	(3) 1 student member. 19
1175	1175
1176	1176	(e) (1) The student member shall be a bona fide resident of Montgomery 20
1177	1177	County and a regularly enrolled junior or senior year student from a Montgomery County 21
1178	1178	public high school. 22
1179	1179
1180	1180	(2) The nomination and election process shall be as agreed on by the county 23
1181	1181	board and the Montgomery County region of the Maryland Association of Student Councils. 24
1182	1182	This agreement shall include a process by which to replace one or both of the final 25
1183	1183	candidates if they are unable to proceed in the election. Any student enrolled in a middle 26
1184	1184	or high school in the Montgomery County public schools may: 27
1185	1185
1186	1186	(i) Nominate a student member candidate; 28
1187	1187
1188	1188	(ii) Vote for delegates from the student’s school, who in turn vote in 29
1189	1189	a nominating convention to reduce to 2 the number of candidates for student member if 30
1190	1190	there are 3 or more candidates; and 31
1191	1191	26 SENATE BILL 386
1192	1192
1193	1193
1194	1194	(iii) Vote directly for 1 of the 2 remaining student member 1
1195	1195	candidates. 2
1196	1196
1197	1197	(3) The candidate receiving the second highest number of votes in the 3
1198	1198	direct election shall become the alternate student member. The alternate shall serve if the 4
1199	1199	student member is unable to complete his elected term. 5
1200	1200
1201	1201	(4) Except as provided in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of this subsection, the 6
1202	1202	student member has the same rights and privileges of an elected member. 7
1203	1203
1204	1204	(5) Unless invited to attend by the affirmative vote of a majority of the 8
1205	1205	county board, the student member may not attend an executive session that relates to 9
1206	1206	[hearings held under § 6–202(a) of this article] A MATTER ON WHICH TH E STUDENT 10
1207	1207	MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE . 11
1208	1208
1209	1209	(6) [As] EXCEPT AS provided in paragraph (7) of this subsection, the 12
1210	1210	student member shall vote on [all matters except those relating] ANY MATTER BEFORE 13
1211	1211	THE COUNTY BOARD EXC EPT A MATTER THAT RE LATES to [§ 6–202(a)]: 14
1212	1212
1213	1213	(I) THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 15
1214	1214	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 16
1215	1215
1216	1216	(II) HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 of this article; OR 17
1217	1217
1218	1218	(III) APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF THIS 18
1219	1219	ARTICLE. 19
1220	1220
1221	1221	(7) (I) On a majority vote of the elected members, the county board may 20
1222	1222	determine, on a case by case basis, whether a matter under consideration is covered by the 21
1223	1223	exclusionary provision in paragraph (6) of this subsection. 22
1224	1224
1225	1225	(II) ON A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTED MEMBERS , THE 23
1226	1226	COUNTY BOARD MAY EXP AND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY 24
1227	1227	VOTE. 25
1228	1228
1229	1229	3–10A–01. 26
1230	1230
1231	1231	(a) The Queen Anne’s County Board consists of: 27
1232	1232
1233	1233	(1) Five [voting,] nonpartisan, elected members; and 28
1234	1234
1235	1235	(2) One [nonvoting] student [representative] MEMBER from each public 29
1236	1236	high school in the county. 30
1237	1237	SENATE BILL 386 27
1238	1238
1239	1239
1240	1240	(b) The five [voting,] nonpartisan, elected members shall be elected by the voters 1
1241	1241	of the entire county at a general election in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. 2
1242	1242
1243	1243	(c) (1) (i) One [voting] ELECTED member shall reside in and be elected 3
1244	1244	from each of the four county commissioner districts; and 4
1245	1245
1246	1246	(ii) One ELECTED member shall reside in the county and be elected 5
1247	1247	from the county at large. 6
1248	1248
1249	1249	(2) (i) [A] AN ELECTED member from a county commissioner district 7
1250	1250	who no longer resides in the district may not continue as a member of the county board. 8
1251	1251
1252	1252	(ii) [A] AN ELECTED member at large who no longer resides in the 9
1253	1253	county may not continue as a member of the county board. 10
1254	1254
1255	1255	(3) A candidate elected to the county board shall be a registered voter and 11
1256	1256	resident of Queen Anne’s County for at least 3 years. 12
1257	1257
1258	1258	(d) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, each elected [voting] 13
1259	1259	member serves for a term of 4 years beginning on the first Monday in December after the 14
1260	1260	member’s election and until a successor is elected and qualifies. 15
1261	1261
1262	1262	(2) The initial terms of the elected [voting] members are staggered as 16
1263	1263	follows: 17
1264	1264
1265	1265	(i) The three members elected to the county board at the general 18
1266	1266	election in November 2008 who receive the highest number of votes cast from among the 19
1267	1267	successful candidates at that election shall serve for a term of 6 years; and 20
1268	1268
1269	1269	(ii) The two members elected to the county board at the general 21
1270	1270	election in November 2008 who receive the least number of votes cast from among the 22
1271	1271	successful candidates at that election shall serve for a term of 4 years. 23
1272	1272
1273	1273	(3) (i) In case of a vacancy on the county board, the Governor shall 24
1274	1274	appoint a qualified person to serve on the county board until a successor is elected and 25
1275	1275	qualifies. 26
1276	1276
1277	1277	(ii) If the vacancy occurs before the filing deadline for candidates for 27
1278	1278	the primary election that is held in the second year of the term, the individual appointed 28
1279	1279	under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall serve until a successor is elected at the next 29
1280	1280	general election and qualifies. 30
1281	1281
1282	1282	(iii) If the vacancy occurs after the filing deadline for candidates for 31
1283	1283	the primary election that is held in the second year of the term, the individual appointed 32
1284	1284	under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall serve for the remainder of the term of the 33
1285	1285	vacating member and until a successor is elected at the next general election and qualifies. 34 28 SENATE BILL 386
1286	1286
1287	1287
1288	1288
1289	1289	(e) (1) The [nonvoting] student members of the county board shall be elected 1
1290	1290	from each of the public high schools in the county by their respective student bodies. 2
1291	1291
1292	1292	(2) Each student member shall: 3
1293	1293
1294	1294	(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in good standing in the 4
1295	1295	Queen Anne’s County public school system; 5
1296	1296
1297	1297	(ii) Be a student government association representative at the 6
1298	1298	student’s high school; 7
1299	1299
1300	1300	(iii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 8
1301	1301	member; 9
1302	1302
1303	1303	(iv) [Be nonvoting] VOTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY 10
1304	1304	BOARD EXCEPT FOR A MATTER THAT RELATE S TO: 11
1305	1305
1306	1306	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 12
1307	1307	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 13
1308	1308
1309	1309	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 14
1310	1310
1311	1311	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 15
1312	1312	THIS ARTICLE; and 16
1313	1313
1314	1314	(v) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students 17
1315	1315	in the Queen Anne’s County public schools. 18
1316	1316
1317	1317	(3) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 19
1318	1318	county board, the student [member] MEMBERS may not attend an executive session of the 20
1319	1319	county board THAT RELATES TO A MA TTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBERS MAY 21
1320	1320	NOT VOTE. 22
1321	1321
1322	1322	(4) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOT E OF A MAJORITY OF T HE ELECTED 23
1323	1323	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 24
1324	1324	STUDENT MEMBERS MAY VOTE. 25
1325	1325
1326	1326	3–10A–04. 26
1327	1327
1328	1328	(a) The president of the county board is entitled to receive $4,000 annually as 27
1329	1329	compensation and the other [voting] ELECTED members each are entitled to receive $3,500 28
1330	1330	annually as compensation. 29
1331	1331	SENATE BILL 386 29
1332	1332
1333	1333
1334	1334	(b) The president of the county board and other ELECTED members each are 1
1335	1335	entitled to reimbursement not to exceed $1,000 a year for travel and other expenses. 2
1336	1336
1337	1337	(c) The Queen Anne’s County Commissioners may increase the annual salary of 3
1338	1338	the county board. 4
1339	1339
1340	1340	3–1101. 5
1341	1341
1342	1342	(a) The St. Mary’s Board consists of: 6
1343	1343
1344	1344	(1) Five [voting] ELECTED members; and 7
1345	1345
1346	1346	(2) One student member. 8
1347	1347
1348	1348	(b) The student member shall: 9
1349	1349
1350	1350	(1) Be an 11th or 12th grade student in the St. Mary’s County Public School 10
1351	1351	System; 11
1352	1352
1353	1353	(2) Serve for 1 year; 12
1354	1354
1355	1355	(3) [Be a nonvoting member] VOTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE 13
1356	1356	COUNTY BOARD , EXCEPT FOR A MATTER PROHIBITED UNDER SUBSECTION (C)(2) OF 14
1357	1357	THIS SECTION; and 15
1358	1358
1359	1359	(4) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of the students. 16
1360	1360
1361	1361	(c) (1) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 17
1362	1362	county board, the student member may not attend an executive session of the county board 18
1363	1363	THAT RELATES TO A MA TTER ON WHICH THE ST UDENT MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE. 19
1364	1364
1365	1365	(2) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 20
1366	1366	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD EXCEPT 21
1367	1367	A MATTER THAT RELATES TO: 22
1368	1368
1369	1369	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 23
1370	1370	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 24
1371	1371
1372	1372	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 25
1373	1373
1374	1374	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 26
1375	1375	THIS ARTICLE. 27
1376	1376	30 SENATE BILL 386
1377	1377
1378	1378
1379	1379	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOT E OF A MAJORITY OF T HE ELECTED 1
1380	1380	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 2
1381	1381	STUDENT MEMBER MAY V OTE. 3
1382	1382
1383	1383	(d) (1) (i) 1. A candidate elected to the county board shall be a resident 4
1384	1384	and registered voter of St. Mary’s County. 5
1385	1385
1386	1386	2. A member who is no longer a resident and a registered 6
1387	1387	voter of St. Mary’s County may not continue as a member of the county board. 7
1388	1388
1389	1389	(ii) A candidate who files to represent one of the commissioner 8
1390	1390	election districts must be a resident of that election district. 9
1391	1391
1392	1392	(iii) Candidates filing for office to represent the county at large may 10
1393	1393	reside anywhere in the county. 11
1394	1394
1395	1395	(2) An individual subject to the authority of the county board at the time 12
1396	1396	of filing is ineligible to be a candidate. 13
1397	1397
1398	1398	(e) (1) The St. Mary’s County Board consists of five [voting] members who 14
1399	1399	shall be elected as follows: 15
1400	1400
1401	1401	(i) One member shall be elected from the county at large; and 16
1402	1402
1403	1403	(ii) One member shall be elected from each of the four commissioner 17
1404	1404	districts. 18
1405	1405
1406	1406	(2) [Voting] ELECTED members of the county board shall be elected: 19
1407	1407
1408	1408	(i) At a general election as required by this section; and 20
1409	1409
1410	1410	(ii) On a general countywide ticket. 21
1411	1411
1412	1412	(3) Members of the county board elected in the 1996 general election from 22
1413	1413	Commissioner Districts One and Three shall serve for an initial term of 2 years. An election 23
1414	1414	shall be conducted in 1998 and every 4 years thereafter. 24
1415	1415
1416	1416	(4) Members of the county board elected in the 1996 general election from 25
1417	1417	Commissioner Election Districts Two and Four and from the county at large shall serve for 26
1418	1418	an initial term of 4 years. An election shall be conducted in 2000 and every 4 years 27
1419	1419	thereafter. 28
1420	1420
1421	1421	(5) Except as specified in this section, elections shall be conducted in 29
1422	1422	accordance with Title 8, Subtitle 8 of the Election Law Article. 30
1423	1423	SENATE BILL 386 31
1424	1424
1425	1425
1426	1426	(f) (1) The student member of the county board shall be elected by qualified 1
1427	1427	students of the St. Mary’s County Public School System. The student member shall not be 2
1428	1428	subject to approval by the county board. 3
1429	1429
1430	1430	(2) The [voting] ELECTED members of the county board shall: 4
1431	1431
1432	1432	(i) Determine which students in the St. Mary’s County Public 5
1433	1433	School System may elect the student member of the county board; and 6
1434	1434
1435	1435	(ii) Develop nomination and election procedures governing the 7
1436	1436	election of the student member. 8
1437	1437
1438	1438	3–12A–01. 9
1439	1439
1440	1440	(a) The Talbot County Board consists of: 10
1441	1441
1442	1442	(1) Seven [voting] ELECTED members, one member elected from each of 11
1443	1443	the seven election districts for the county board established in accordance with this subtitle; 12
1444	1444	and 13
1445	1445
1446	1446	(2) Two [nonvoting] student members from the public high schools in the 14
1447	1447	county. 15
1448	1448
1449	1449	(e) (1) Each [voting] ELECTED member serves for a term of 4 years beginning 16
1450	1450	on December 1 after the member’s election and until a successor is elected and qualifies. 17
1451	1451
1452	1452	(2) [A voting] AN ELECTED member may not serve for more than three 18
1453	1453	consecutive terms. 19
1454	1454
1455	1455	(f) The terms of the [voting] ELECTED members are staggered as follows: 20
1456	1456
1457	1457	(1) One member elected from each of districts 1, 3, 4, and 7 at the 2006 21
1458	1458	general election, and every 4 years thereafter; and 22
1459	1459
1460	1460	(2) One member elected from each of districts 2, 5, and 6 at the 2008 23
1461	1461	general election, and every 4 years thereafter. 24
1462	1462
1463	1463	3–12A–04. 25
1464	1464
1465	1465	(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the [voting] ELECTED members shall 26
1466	1466	receive compensation as set by the County Council. 27
1467	1467
1468	1468	(b) (1) The salary of each [voting] ELECTED member of the county board shall 28
1469	1469	be at least $3,200. 29
1470	1470
1471	1471	(2) The salary of the president of the county board shall be at least $3,600. 30 32 SENATE BILL 386
1472	1472
1473	1473
1474	1474
1475	1475	3–12A–06. 1
1476	1476
1477	1477	(a) (1) There shall be two [nonvoting] student members on the Talbot County 2
1478	1478	Board of Education. 3
1479	1479
1480	1480	(2) The student members shall advise the other members of the county 4
1481	1481	board on the viewpoint of students who attend Talbot County public schools. 5
1482	1482
1483	1483	(b) (1) Each of the [nonvoting] student members of the county board shall be: 6
1484	1484
1485	1485	(i) A regularly enrolled 11th or 12th grade student in good standing 7
1486	1486	at a Talbot County public school; 8
1487	1487
1488	1488	(ii) Qualified according to eligibility requirements established by the 9
1489	1489	county board; and 10
1490	1490
1491	1491	(iii) Of good character. 11
1492	1492
1493	1493	(2) Each student member shall be appointed for a 1–year term during the 12
1494	1494	school year prior to the school year that the member is to serve on the county board. 13
1495	1495
1496	1496	(3) One student member shall be a student from St. Michaels High School 14
1497	1497	and one student member shall be a student from Easton High School. 15
1498	1498
1499	1499	(4) The county board shall adopt procedures for the appointment of the 16
1500	1500	student members. 17
1501	1501
1502	1502	(5) If a vacancy in the position of student member occurs during the term 18
1503	1503	of a student member, the county board shall appoint another student member to fill the 19
1504	1504	vacancy in accordance with its procedures. 20
1505	1505
1506	1506	(6) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 21
1507	1507	county board, the student members may not attend an executive session of the county board 22
1508	1508	RELATING TO A MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER S MAY NOT VOTE . 23
1509	1509
1510	1510	(7) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 24
1511	1511	STUDENT MEMBER S MAY VOTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD 25
1512	1512	EXCEPT A MATTER THAT RELATES TO: 26
1513	1513
1514	1514	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 27
1515	1515	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 28
1516	1516
1517	1517	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 29
1518	1518	SENATE BILL 386 33
1519	1519
1520	1520
1521	1521	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 1
1522	1522	THIS ARTICLE. 2
1523	1523
1524	1524	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOT E OF A MAJORITY OF T HE ELECTED 3
1525	1525	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 4
1526	1526	STUDENT MEMBER S MAY VOTE. 5
1527	1527
1528	1528	3–1401. 6
1529	1529
1530	1530	(a) The Worcester County Board consists of seven [voting] ELECTED members 7
1531	1531	and one [nonvoting] student member from each public high school in the county. 8
1532	1532
1533	1533	(b) (1) The seven [voting] ELECTED members of the Worcester County Board 9
1534	1534	shall be elected at a general election. 10
1535	1535
1536	1536	(2) Members of the Worcester County Board shall be elected in accordance 11
1537	1537	with Title 8, Subtitle 8 of the Election Law Article. 12
1538	1538
1539	1539	(d) Of the seven [voting] ELECTED members of the county board, one shall be 13
1540	1540	elected from each of the seven county commissioner districts. 14
1541	1541
1542	1542	(h) (1) Each student member shall: 15
1543	1543
1544	1544	(i) Be a 12th grade student in the Worcester County public school 16
1545	1545	system elected by the high school students of the public school which the student attends, 17
1546	1546	in accordance with procedures established by the school system; 18
1547	1547
1548	1548	(ii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the 19
1549	1549	member; 20
1550	1550
1551	1551	(iii) [Be] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , BE 21
1552	1552	a [nonvoting] VOTING member; and 22
1553	1553
1554	1554	(iv) Advise the board on the interests of students. 23
1555	1555
1556	1556	(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 24
1557	1557	county board, the student members may not attend an executive session RELATING TO A 25
1558	1558	MATTER ON WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBERS MAY NOT VOTE. 26
1559	1559
1560	1560	(3) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 27
1561	1561	STUDENT MEMBER S MAY VOTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD 28
1562	1562	EXCEPT A MATTER THAT RELATES TO: 29
1563	1563
1564	1564	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 30
1565	1565	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 31 34 SENATE BILL 386
1566	1566
1567	1567
1568	1568
1569	1569	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 1
1570	1570
1571	1571	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 2
1572	1572	THIS ARTICLE. 3
1573	1573
1574	1574	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOT E OF A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED 4
1575	1575	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS ON WHICH THE 5
1576	1576	STUDENT MEMBER S MAY VOTE. 6
1577	1577
1578	1578	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 7
1579	1579	as follows: 8
1580	1580
1581	1581	Article – Education 9
1582	1582
1583	1583	3–1002. 10
1584	1584
1585	1585	(a) In this subtitle, “elected member” means a member of the Prince George’s 11
1586	1586	County Board elected from one of the nine school board districts described in § 3–1001 of 12
1587	1587	this subtitle. 13
1588	1588
1589	1589	(b) The Prince George’s County Board consists of 10 members as follows: 14
1590	1590
1591	1591	(1) Nine elected members, each of whom resides in a different school board 15
1592	1592	district; and 16
1593	1593
1594	1594	(2) One student member selected under subsection (f)(2) of this section. 17
1595	1595
1596	1596	(f) (1) The student member shall be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in 18
1597	1597	the Prince George’s County public school system during the student’s term in office. 19
1598	1598
1599	1599	(3) (I) [The] SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS 20
1600	1600	PARAGRAPH , THE student member may vote on [all matters] ANY MATTER before the 21
1601	1601	COUNTY board except [those relating] A MATTER THAT RELATE S to: 22
1602	1602
1603	1603	[(i) Collective bargaining decisions; 23
1604	1604
1605	1605	(ii) Teacher and administrator disciplinary matters as provided 24
1606	1606	under § 6–202(a) of this article; and 25
1607	1607
1608	1608	(iii) Other personnel matters] 26
1609	1609
1610	1610	1. THE DISMISSAL OF OR O THER DISCIPLINARY AC TION 27
1611	1611	INVOLVING PERSONNEL ; 28
1612	1612	SENATE BILL 386 35
1613	1613
1614	1614
1615	1615	2. HEARINGS HELD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR 1
1616	1616
1617	1617	3. APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD UNDER § 4–205 OF 2
1618	1618	THIS ARTICLE. 3
1619	1619
1620	1620	(II) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOT E OF A MAJORITY OF T HE ELECTED 4
1621	1621	MEMBERS, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPAND THE MATTERS O N WHICH THE 5
1622	1622	STUDENT MEMBER MAY VOTE. 6
1623	1623
1624	1624	(4) On an affirmative vote of a majority of the elected members of the 7
1625	1625	county board, the board may determine if a matter before the board relates to a subject that 8
1626	1626	the student member may not vote on under paragraph (3) of this subsection. 9
1627	1627
1628	1628	(5) The student member may attend an executive session of the board 10
1629	1629	unless the executive session relates to[: 11
1630	1630
1631	1631	(i) Hearings on appeals of special education placements, hearings 12
1632	1632	held under § 6–202(a) of this article, or collective bargaining; or 13
1633	1633
1634	1634	(ii) A personnel matter for which the student may not vote under 14
1635	1635	paragraph (3) of this subsection] A MATTER ON WHICH TH E STUDENT MEMBER MAY NOT 15
1636	1636	VOTE. 16
1637	1637
1638	1638	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall take 17
1639	1639	effect July 1, 2024, the effective date of Chapter 217 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 18
1640	1640	2022. If the effective date of Chapter 217 is amended, Section 2 of this Act shall take effect 19
1641	1641	on the taking effect of Chapter 217. 20
1642	1642
1643	1643	SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provide d in Section 21
1644	1644	3 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 22