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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-2B-01" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="2B" subtitle_name="Baltimore County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Baltimore County Board of Education consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Seven nonpartisan elected members;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Four appointed members; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>One student member.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Of the 11 elected and appointed members of the county board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>One member shall be elected from each of the seven councilmanic districts in the county, established by the County Council of Baltimore County, by the voters of that district; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Four members shall be appointed by the Governor from the county at large.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The seven elected members shall be elected at a general election in gubernatorial election years in accordance with § 3–2B–02 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The four appointed members shall be appointed by the Governor in presidential election years from a list of nominees submitted by the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission as provided in § 3–2B–03 of this subtitle:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>On the expiration of the term of an incumbent appointed member within 30 days after the general election; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Within the 30–day period otherwise required under this subtitle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A member from a school board district shall be at least 21 years old, a resident of that district for at least 2 years, and a registered voter of the county before the election.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member from a district who does not maintain residency in that district may not continue as a member of the county board and the office shall be deemed vacant.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the boundary line of a district is changed, the term of an incumbent member of the county board who no longer resides in the district because of the change is not affected during this term.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A member may not be elected or appointed to serve on the county board for more than three consecutive terms.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member who has served three consecutive 4–year terms may not be elected or appointed to the county board until at least 4 years have elapsed since the end of the member’s last term on the county board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>During an election year:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Governor may not appoint as a member of the county board an individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to the county board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to the county board may not seek appointment to the county board by the Governor through nomination by the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
