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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb1207* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 1207 | |
| 11 | 8 | F3 5lr0933 | |
| 12 | 9 | HB 993/20 – W&M | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Montgomery County Delegation | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Ways and Means | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 5, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | - | Montgomery County – Board of Education – | |
| 18 | + | Montgomery County – Board of Education – Compensation 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | MC 7–25 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | - | FOR the purpose of altering the compensation of the members | |
| 29 | - | ||
| 30 | - | ||
| 22 | + | FOR the purpose of altering the compensation of the members of the Montgomery County 4 | |
| 23 | + | Board of Education; and generally relating to the compensation of the members of 5 | |
| 24 | + | the Montgomery County Board of Education. 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – Education 8 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 3–902 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 32 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 | |
| 39 | 33 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | Article – Education 14 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | 3–902. 15 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | (a) An elected member of the county board is entitled to reimbursement for travel 16 | |
| 46 | 40 | and other expenses as provided by the Montgomery County Council. 17 | |
| 47 | 41 | ||
| 48 | - | (b) (1) An elected member of the county board is entitled to receive[: 18 2 HOUSE BILL 1207 | |
| 42 | + | (b) (1) An elected member of the county board is entitled to receive[: 18 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (i) $25,000 annually as compensation; or ] ANNUALLY AS 19 | |
| 45 | + | COMPENSATION : 20 | |
| 46 | + | ||
| 47 | + | (I) 1. $25,000, ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 2025; 21 2 HOUSE BILL 1207 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | 50 | ||
| 52 | - | (i) $25,000 annually as compensation; or ] ANNUALLY AS 1 | |
| 53 | - | COMPENSATION : 2 | |
| 51 | + | 2. $62,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2025; AND 1 | |
| 54 | 52 | ||
| 55 | - | | |
| 53 | + | 3. $124,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2026; OR 2 | |
| 56 | 54 | ||
| 57 | - | 2. $62,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2025; AND 4 | |
| 55 | + | (ii) An annual salary set through legislation based on the 3 | |
| 56 | + | recommendations of the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation 4 | |
| 57 | + | Commission in accordance with Title 28, Subtitle 1A of the Local Government Article. 5 | |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | - | | |
| 59 | + | (2) The president of the county board is entitled to receive[: 6 | |
| 60 | 60 | ||
| 61 | - | (ii) An annual salary set through legislation based on the 6 | |
| 62 | - | recommendations of the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation 7 | |
| 63 | - | Commission in accordance with Title 28, Subtitle 1A of the Local Government Article. 8 | |
| 61 | + | (i) $29,000 annually as compensation; or ] ANNUALLY AS 7 | |
| 62 | + | COMPENSATION : 8 | |
| 64 | 63 | ||
| 65 | - | ( | |
| 64 | + | (I) 1. $29,000, ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 2025; 9 | |
| 66 | 65 | ||
| 67 | - | (i) $29,000 annually as compensation; or ] ANNUALLY AS 10 | |
| 68 | - | COMPENSATION : 11 | |
| 66 | + | 2. $67,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2025; AND 10 | |
| 69 | 67 | ||
| 70 | - | | |
| 68 | + | 3. $134,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2026; OR 11 | |
| 71 | 69 | ||
| 72 | - | 2. $67,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2025; AND 13 | |
| 70 | + | (ii) An annual salary set through legislation based on the 12 | |
| 71 | + | recommendations of the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation 13 | |
| 72 | + | Commission in accordance with Title 28, Subtitle 1A of the Local Government Article. 14 | |
| 73 | 73 | ||
| 74 | - | 3. $134,000, BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2026; OR 14 | |
| 74 | + | (3) An elected member is entitled to health insurance and to other fringe 15 | |
| 75 | + | benefits regularly provided to employees of the board of education under the same terms 16 | |
| 76 | + | and conditions extended to other employees of the board of education. 17 | |
| 75 | 77 | ||
| 76 | - | ( | |
| 77 | - | ||
| 78 | - | ||
| 78 | + | (4) A SALARY INCREASE FOR AN ELECTED MEMBER UNDER TH IS 18 | |
| 79 | + | SUBSECTION SHALL TAK E EFFECT AT THE BEGI NNING OF THE TERM OF OFFICE AND 19 | |
| 80 | + | MAY NOT INCREASE DUR ING THE TERM OF OFFI CE. 20 | |
| 79 | 81 | ||
| 80 | - | ( | |
| 81 | - | ||
| 82 | - | ||
| 82 | + | (c) (1) The student member [may not receive compensation but, after 21 | |
| 83 | + | submitting expense vouchers,] may be reimbursed for out–of–pocket expenses incurred in 22 | |
| 84 | + | connection with official duties. 23 | |
| 83 | 85 | ||
| 84 | - | (4) A SALARY INCREASE FOR AN ELECTED MEMBER UN DER THIS 21 | |
| 85 | - | SUBSECTION SHALL TAK E EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TERM OF OFFICE AND 22 | |
| 86 | - | MAY NOT INCREASE DUR ING THE TERM OF OFFI CE. 23 | |
| 86 | + | (2) [(i)] A student member who completes a full term on the county board 24 | |
| 87 | + | shall [be granted a scholarship to be applied toward the student’s higher education costs. 25 | |
| 87 | 88 | ||
| 88 | - | (c) (1) The student member [may not receive compensation but, after 24 | |
| 89 | - | submitting expense vouchers,] may be reimbursed for out–of–pocket expenses incurred in 25 | |
| 90 | - | connection with official duties. 26 | |
| 91 | - | ||
| 92 | - | (2) [(i)] A student member who completes a full term on the county board 27 | |
| 93 | - | shall [be granted a scholarship to be applied toward the student’s higher education costs. 28 | |
| 94 | - | HOUSE BILL 1207 3 | |
| 95 | - | ||
| 96 | - | ||
| 97 | - | (ii) 1. Except as provided in subsubparagraph 2 of this 1 | |
| 98 | - | subparagraph, the scholarship amount is equal to the highest annual resident 2 | |
| 99 | - | undergraduate tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board that is charged at a 4–year 3 | |
| 100 | - | public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than 4 | |
| 101 | - | the University of Maryland Global Campus and University of Maryland, Baltimore 5 | |
| 102 | - | Campus, for the academic year in which the student member serves on the county board: 6 | |
| 103 | - | ||
| 104 | - | (I) MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR OUT–OF–POCKET EXPENSES 7 | |
| 105 | - | INCURRED IN CONNECTI ON WITH OFFICIAL DUT IES; AND 8 | |
| 106 | - | ||
| 107 | - | (II) SHALL BE GRANTED COMP ENSATION IN ACCORDAN CE WITH 9 | |
| 108 | - | PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 10 | |
| 109 | - | ||
| 110 | - | (2) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 11 | |
| 111 | - | COMPENSATION AMOUNT OF THE STUDENT MEMBE R IS EQUAL TO THE HI GHEST 12 | |
| 112 | - | ANNUAL RESIDENT UNDE RGRADUATE TUITIO N, MANDATORY FEES , AND ROOM AND 13 | |
| 113 | - | BOARD THAT IS CHARGE D AT A 4–YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUT ION OF HIGHER EDUCAT ION 14 | |
| 114 | - | WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND, OTHER THAN THE UNIVERSITY OF 15 | |
| 115 | - | MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE 16 | |
| 116 | - | CAMPUS, FOR THE ACA DEMIC YEAR IN WHICH THE STUDENT MEMBER S ERVES ON 17 | |
| 117 | - | THE COUNTY BOARD . 18 | |
| 118 | - | ||
| 119 | - | (II) 1. SUBJECT TO SUBSUBPARA GRAPH 2 OF THIS 19 | |
| 120 | - | SUBPARAGRAPH , THE STUDENT MEMBER M AY ELECT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION 20 | |
| 121 | - | GRANTED UNDER THIS S UBSECTION IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS AS A ST IPEND 21 | |
| 122 | - | DURING THE STUDENT MEMBER ’S TERM AND RECEIVE A NY REMAINING AMOUNT AS 22 | |
| 123 | - | A SCHOLARSHIP AFTER THE END OF THE TERM . 23 | |
| 124 | - | ||
| 125 | - | 2. The amount of a scholarship COMPENSATION granted 24 | |
| 126 | - | under this subsection in any year may not exceed the amount that an elected member of 25 | |
| 127 | - | the county board is entitled to receive under subsection (b) of this section in that year.] 26 | |
| 128 | - | RECEIVE AS FOLLOWS : 27 | |
| 129 | - | ||
| 130 | - | (I) THROUGH THE TERM THAT ENDS IN 2026, A SCHOLARSHIP 28 | |
| 131 | - | EQUAL TO 40% OF THE ANNUAL COMPEN SATION OF AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE 29 | |
| 132 | - | COUNTY BOARD FOR THA T YEAR TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE STUDENT ’S HIGHER 30 | |
| 133 | - | EDUCATION COSTS AND A ONE–TIME STIPEND EQUAL T O 10% OF THE ANNUAL 31 | |
| 134 | - | COMPENSATION OF AN E LECTED MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD ; AND 32 | |
| 135 | - | ||
| 136 | - | (II) BEGINNING WITH THE TE RM THAT STARTS IN 2026, A 33 | |
| 137 | - | SCHOLARSHIP EQUAL TO 80% OF THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION O F AN ELECTED 34 | |
| 138 | - | MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD FOR THAT YEAR TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE 35 | |
| 139 | - | STUDENT’S HIGHER EDUCATION C OSTS AND A ONE–TIME STIPEND EQUAL T O 20% OF 36 | |
| 140 | - | THE ANNUAL COMPENSAT ION OF AN ELECTED ME MBER OF THE COUNTY B OARD. 37 4 HOUSE BILL 1207 | |
| 89 | + | (ii) 1. Except as provided in subsubparagraph 2 of this 26 | |
| 90 | + | subparagraph, the scholarship amount is equal to the highest annual resident 27 | |
| 91 | + | undergraduate tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board that is charged at a 4–year 28 | |
| 92 | + | public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than 29 | |
| 93 | + | the University of Maryland Global Campus and University of Maryland, Baltimore 30 | |
| 94 | + | Campus, for the academic year in which the student member serves on the county board. 31 HOUSE BILL 1207 3 | |
| 141 | 95 | ||
| 142 | 96 | ||
| 143 | 97 | ||
| 144 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 1 | |
| 145 | - | III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 2 | |
| 146 | - | the salary or compensation of the president and members of the Montgomery County Board 3 | |
| 147 | - | of Education while serving in a term of office beginning before the effective date of this Act, 4 | |
| 148 | - | but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or compensation of the president and 5 | |
| 149 | - | members of the Montgomery County Board of Education shall take effect at the beginning 6 | |
| 150 | - | of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual appointed 7 | |
| 151 | - | or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 8 | |
| 98 | + | 2. The amount of a scholarship granted under this subsection 1 | |
| 99 | + | in any year may not exceed the amount that an elected member of the county board is 2 | |
| 100 | + | entitled to receive under subsection (b) of this section in that year.] RECEIVE AS FOLLOWS : 3 | |
| 152 | 101 | ||
| 153 | - | SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9 | |
| 154 | - | July 1, 2025. 10 | |
| 102 | + | (I) THROUGH THE TERM THAT ENDS IN 2026, A SCHOLARSHIP 4 | |
| 103 | + | EQUAL TO 40% OF THE ANNUAL COMPEN SATION OF AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE 5 | |
| 104 | + | COUNTY BOARD FOR THAT YEAR TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE S TUDENT’S HIGHER 6 | |
| 105 | + | EDUCATION COSTS AND A ONE–TIME STIPEND EQUAL TO 10% OF THE ANNUAL 7 | |
| 106 | + | COMPENSATION OF AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD ; AND 8 | |
| 155 | 107 | ||
| 108 | + | (II) BEGINNING WITH THE TE RM THAT STARTS IN 2026, A 9 | |
| 109 | + | SCHOLARSHIP EQUAL TO 80% OF THE ANNUAL COMPEN SATION OF AN ELECTED 10 | |
| 110 | + | MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD FOR THAT YEAR TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE 11 | |
| 111 | + | STUDENT’S HIGHER EDUCATION C OSTS AND A ONE–TIME STIPEND EQUAL TO 20% OF 12 | |
| 112 | + | THE ANNUAL COMPENSAT ION OF AN ELECTED ME MBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD . 13 | |
| 156 | 113 | ||
| 114 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 14 | |
| 115 | + | III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 15 | |
| 116 | + | the salary or compensation of the president and members of the Montgomery County Board 16 | |
| 117 | + | of Education while serving in a term of office beginning before the effective date of this Act, 17 | |
| 118 | + | but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or compensation of the president and 18 | |
| 119 | + | members of the Montgomery County Board of Education shall take effect at the beginning 19 | |
| 120 | + | of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual appointed 20 | |
| 121 | + | or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 21 | |
| 157 | 122 | ||
| 158 | - | ||
| 159 | - | Approved: | |
| 160 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 161 | - | Governor. | |
| 162 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 163 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 164 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 165 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 123 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 22 | |
| 124 | + | 1, 2025. 23 |