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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-2B-05" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="2B" subtitle_name="Baltimore County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The student member shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be an 11th or a 12th grade student in the Baltimore County public school system elected by the middle school and high school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the Baltimore County student councils;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Serve for 1 year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county board, the student member may not attend an executive session that relates to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Hearings on appeals of special education placements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Hearings held under § 6–202(a) of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Collective bargaining.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the student member may vote on all matters except those relating to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>§ 6–202(a) of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Collective bargaining; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>School closings, reopenings, and boundaries.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On a majority vote of the nonstudent members, the county board may determine, on a case–by–case basis, whether a matter under consideration is covered by the exclusionary provisions listed in subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 31, 2023, a workgroup composed of several members of the county board and the executive leadership of the Baltimore County public school system shall develop a draft curriculum for budget training for student members of the county board and submit the draft curriculum to the county board for review.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The training for student members shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Focus on the operating and capital budget process of the county board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be facilitated by representatives of the Baltimore County public school system’s Division of Business Services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each student member shall be required to complete the budget training:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Within 2 months of the student member’s election to the county board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In order to be eligible to vote on budgetary matters.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
