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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-304" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Mission Statements and Accountability">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The president of each public institution shall prepare a performance accountability plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The president shall submit the plan to the institution’s governing board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The president shall update the accountability plan as appropriate and upon the direction of the governing board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall review the accountability plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May amend and shall adopt or disapprove the plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Shall submit the plan to the Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the case of the constituent institutions of the University System of Maryland, the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland shall review the plan prior to its consideration by the Board of Regents and make recommendations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing board shall submit the performance accountability plan of the institution to the Commission for review and comment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission may disapprove the accountability plan and require the governing board to reconsider the plan if the Commission finds:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The plan does not conform to the format or guideline established by the Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The measurement techniques embodied in the plan are invalid or unreliable; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The plan is not reasonably related to the institution’s mission statement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
