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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-108.1" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Board” means the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners of the Baltimore City Public School System.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Mayor” means the Mayor of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Panel” means the Baltimore City Public School Board Community Panel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Baltimore City Public School Board Community Panel.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The purpose of the panel is to select nominees to be recommended to the Mayor as qualified candidates for appointment to the board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Mayor shall convene the panel.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The panel may include a representative from each of the following organizations, appointed by the organization:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Baltimore Teachers Union;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Mayor’s Office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Baltimore City Council Education and Youth Committee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The Baltimore City Public School Administrators and Supervisors Association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The Maryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The Fund for Educational Excellence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>A parent member of the PTA Council of Baltimore City;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>The Associated Student Congress of Baltimore City;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>The American Civil Liberties Union;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>The Parent and Community Advisory Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Disability Rights Maryland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Mayor may reconvene the panel if the Mayor elects not to appoint a member from the list submitted by the panel under subsection (d)(1)(i) or (i)(6) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>There is a Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners of the Baltimore City Public School System.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The board consists of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, nine voting members appointed by the Mayor from a list of qualified individuals submitted to the Mayor by the panel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Two elected voting members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>One voting student member elected as provided in subsection (m) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Mayor elects not to appoint a member from a list submitted by the panel under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection, the Mayor shall reconvene the panel to submit additional names of qualified candidates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Each member of the board shall be a resident of Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The two elected voting members shall be elected at large by the voters of Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>To the extent practicable, the appointed members of the board shall reflect the demographic composition of Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least four of the appointed voting members shall possess a high level of knowledge and expertise concerning the successful administration of a large business, nonprofit, or governmental entity and shall have served in a high level management position within such an entity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least three of the appointed voting members shall possess a high level of knowledge and expertise concerning education.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At least one appointed voting member shall be a parent of a student enrolled in the Baltimore City Public School System as of the date of appointment of the member.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Among the appointed voting members, at least one member shall also possess knowledge or experience in the education of children with disabilities.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The knowledge or experience may be derived from being the parent of a child with a disability.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The term of an appointed voting member is 3 years.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The term of an elected member is 4 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of the appointed voting members are staggered as required by the terms provided for the appointed members of the board on June 1, 1997.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a voting member continues to serve until a successor is elected or appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A voting member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the remainder of the term and until a successor is elected or appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A voting member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, to the extent practicable, the Mayor shall fill any vacancy for an appointed or elected member on the board within 60 days of the date of the vacancy from a list of qualified individuals submitted to the Mayor by the panel.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the Mayor elects not to appoint a member from a list submitted by the panel under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Mayor shall reconvene the panel to submit additional names of qualified candidates.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The elected members of the board shall be elected:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At the general election in November 2022 and every 4 years thereafter; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In accordance with Title 8, Subtitle 8 of the Election Law Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On the approval of the Mayor, an appointed member may be removed only for cause in accordance with § 3–108 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Board may remove an elected voting member for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Immorality;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Misconduct in office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Incompetency; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Willful neglect of duty.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>Each member of the board serves without compensation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>Beginning on July 1, 1999, and every 2 years thereafter, from among its voting members the board shall elect a chairman.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The student member shall be a student regularly enrolled in the student’s junior or senior year of high school in the Baltimore City Public School System who shall be elected by the high school students of the Baltimore City Public School System, in accordance with procedures established by the board in collaboration with the Associated Student Congress of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The term of a student member is 1 year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A student member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The student member may vote on matters before the board, including those relating to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Capital and operating budgets;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>School closings, reopenings, and boundaries; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Student disciplinary matters.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The student member may not vote on matters before the board relating to personnel and collective bargaining decisions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The student member may attend or participate in an executive or special session of the board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>Any action by the board shall require:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A quorum of a majority of the voting members then serving; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members then serving.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
