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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-1402" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Worcester County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board may remove a member of the county board for any of the following reasons:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Immorality;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Misconduct in office;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Incompetency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Willful neglect of duty; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Failure to attend, without good cause:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At least 75% of the scheduled meetings of the board in any 1 calendar year; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Three consecutive scheduled meetings of the board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before removing a member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against the member and give the member an opportunity within 10 days to request a hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the member requests a hearing within the 10–day period:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Board shall promptly hold a hearing, but a hearing may not be set within 10 days after the State Board sends the member a notice of the hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in the member’s own defense, in person, or by counsel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A member removed under this section has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Worcester County.</text>
  </level>
</section>
