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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-2B-09" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="2B" subtitle_name="Baltimore County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At the first meeting of the county board in December of each year, the county board shall elect a chair and vice chair from among the members.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for the actions authorized by subsection (c) of this section, all actions of the county board shall be taken at a public meeting and a record of the meeting and all actions shall be made public.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any action of the county board shall be recorded by a voice vote or a roll call vote of each individual member of the county board who is present at the public meeting.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The county board shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Keep a formal record of each public meeting; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Make the record available for review by members of the public on request.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any final action of the county board shall be made publicly available on the county board’s website within 72 hours of the time the action was taken.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On the county board’s website, each action shall include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A full and accurate description of the action to inform the public of the motion or question; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A link or reference to the related video recording of the county board meeting, if available.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The county board may take actions in a closed session in accordance with § 3–305 of the General Provisions Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
