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SENATE BILL 737
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By: Harford County Senators
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2024
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Higher Education – Harford Community College Board of Trustees – Alterations 2
FOR the purpose of requiring that a member of the Harford Community College Board of 3
Trustees be a resident of Harford County for the duration of the member’s term; 4
altering, beginning on a certain date, the residency requirements of the appointed 5
members from Harford County councilmanic districts in a certain manner; altering 6
meeting requirements so that the Harford Community College Board of Trustees and 7
the Harford County Board of Education are no longer required to attend certain 8
meetings; and generally relating to the Harford Community College Board of 9
Trustees. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Education 12
Section 16–408 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 15
BY adding to 16
Article – Education 17
Section 16–408.1 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 20
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22
Article – Education 23
16–408. 24
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(a) (1) The HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of [Community 1
College] Trustees [for Harford County] consists of nine members. 2
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, each of the members shall 3
be: 4
(i) A resident of Harford County FOR THE DURATION OF THE 5
MEMBER’S TERM; and 6
(ii) Appointed by the Governor for terms of 5 years. 7
(3) Of the nine members: 8
(i) [Six] BEGINNING JULY 1, 2024, SIX shall be appointed [with 9
one from each of the six councilmanic districts] ACCORDING TO THE FOL LOWING: 10
1. THREE MEMBERS RESIDIN G IN COUNCILMANIC 11
DISTRICTS A, B, OR F; and 12
2. THREE MEMBERS RESIDIN G IN COUNCILMANIC 13
DISTRICTS C, D, OR E; AND 14
(ii) Three shall be appointed from the county at large. 15
(4) No member may be a member of the Harford County Board of 16
Education while serving as a member of the Board. 17
(b) A member of the Board may not serve for more than two consecutive 5–year 18
terms. 19
[(c) At least twice annually, the Board of Community College Trustees, the College 20
President, the Harford County Board of Education, and the Superintendent of the Harford 21
County public schools shall meet to discuss issues of mutual concern.] 22
16–408.1. 23
AT LEAST TWICE ANNUAL LY, THE PRESIDENT OF HARFORD COMMUNITY 24
COLLEGE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 25
SHALL MEET TO DISCUS S ISSUES OF MUTUAL C ONCERN. 26
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 27
1, 2024. 28