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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1252* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1252 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 5lr1189 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates A. Johnson, S. Johnson, and McCaskill |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Ways and Means |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 15 | 15 | | |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | County Boards of Education – Appointed Members in Leadership Positions – 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Prohibition 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain appointed members of a county board of education 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | from serving in certain leadership positions on the county board; requiring the State 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Department of Education to send a certain notice to a county board if the county 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | board violates a certain prohibition; specifying certain penalties that may be imposed 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | on county boards and appointed members for the continued violation of a certain 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | prohibition; and generally relating to leadership positions on county boards of 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | education. 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | |
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| 29 | 29 | | BY adding to 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Article – Education 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 3–106 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | Article – Education 18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | |
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| 40 | 40 | | 3–106. 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | INDICATED. 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) (I) “APPOINTED MEMBER ” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL SER VING ON 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | A COUNTY BOARD WHO I S APPOINTED TO THE P OSITION BY A GOVERNM ENT 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | OFFICIAL OR GOVERNME NTAL BODY. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 1252 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (II) “APPOINTED MEMBER ” DOES NOT INCLUDE A M EMBER 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SERVING ON A COUNTY BOARD WHO IS APPOINT ED TO FILL A VACANCY FOR AN 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ELECTED POS ITION ON THE COUNTY BOARD. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | |
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| 55 | 55 | | (3) “LEADERSHIP POSITION ” MEANS A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT , 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | CHAIR, OR VICE CHAIR OF A COUNTY BOARD . 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | (B) (1) AN APPOINTED MEMBER M AY NOT SERVE IN A LE ADERSHIP 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | POSITION ON A COUNTY BOARD. 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) AN APPOINTED MEMBER S ERVING IN A LEADERSHIP POSITIO N ON 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | JULY 1, 2025, SHALL VACATE THE LEA DERSHIP POSITION ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 1, 2025. 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (C) (1) IF A COUNTY BOARD VIO LATES THIS SECTION , THE DEPARTMENT 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SHALL NOTIFY THE COU NTY BOARD IN WRITING AND REQUIRE IMMEDIAT E 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | CORRECTIVE ACTION . 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | |
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| 69 | 69 | | (2) (I) WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WH ICH A COUNTY 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | BOARD RECEIVES THE NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION , 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | THE COUNTY BOARD SHA LL REMOVE THE APPOIN TED MEMBER FROM THE 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | LEADERSHIP POSITION . 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (II) IF A COUNTY BOARD DOE S NOT COMPLY WIT H THE 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH : 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUSPEND ANY FU NDING TO 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | THE COUNTY BOARD FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCT IONS UNTIL THE VIOLA TION IS 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | REMEDIED; AND 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | |
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| 81 | 81 | | 2. THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL P OST NOTICE OF THE 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | VIOLATION ON THE COUNTY BOARD ’S WEBSITE. 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (3) IF A COUNTY BOARD DOE S NOT COMPLY WITH TH E 25 |
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| 85 | 85 | | REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WH ICH THE 26 |
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| 86 | 86 | | COUNTY BOARD RECEIVES THE NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 27 |
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| 87 | 87 | | SUBSECTION, THE DEPARTMENT MAY : 28 |
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| 88 | 88 | | |
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| 89 | 89 | | (I) WITHHOLD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE COUNTY BOARD 29 |
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| 90 | 90 | | FOR ADMINISTRATIVE F UNCTIONS; AND 30 |
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| 91 | 91 | | HOUSE BILL 1252 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | |
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| 94 | 94 | | (II) REFER THE MATTER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ENFORCEMENT . 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | |
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| 97 | 97 | | (4) (I) THE DEPARTMENT MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL P ENALTY ON AN 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | APPOINTED MEMBER WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFU LLY CONTINUES TO SERVE IN A 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | LEADERSHIP POSITION IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (II) A CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF 6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | THIS PARAGRAPH : 7 |
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| 104 | 104 | | 1. MAY NOT EXCEED $2,500; AND 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | 2. SHALL BE PAYABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT . 9 |
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| 108 | 108 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | 1, 2025. 11 |
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