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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-301" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Calvert County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Calvert County Board consists of five voting members and one nonvoting student member.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The five voting members of the Calvert County Board shall be elected at a general election as required by subsections (d) and (f) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A member from a county commissioner district shall be a resident of the district.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member from a county commissioner district who no longer resides in the district may not continue as a member of the county board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A member from the county at large shall be a resident of the county.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member at large who no longer resides in the county may not continue as a member of the county board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member of the county board shall be a registered voter of the county for at least 2 years prior to the date of the beginning of the term of office of the member.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Of the five voting members of the county board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>One shall be elected from each of the three county commissioner districts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Two shall be elected from the county at large.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for the student member, a member serves for a term of 4 years beginning January 1 after the election of the member and until a successor is elected and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall appoint a new member to fill any vacancy on the county board for the remainder of that term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Unless otherwise disqualified under this section, a member of the county board is eligible for reelection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An individual may not serve for more than three consecutive terms.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>One member shall be elected from each of the county commissioner districts at the November, 1996 general election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Two members shall be elected from the county at large at the November, 1996 general election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The terms of members are staggered as provided in subsection (i) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The terms of the interim incumbent members of the county board who hold office on October 1, 1995 shall expire on January 1, 1997.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The members elected under the provisions of subsection (f) of this section shall be elected to replace the members of the county board serving on the board on the date of the election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The student member shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Calvert County public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the school system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Serve for 1 year beginning on June 1;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Be a nonvoting member; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Advise the board on the thoughts and feelings of the students.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county board, the student may not attend an executive session.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The terms of the members of the county board who take office on January 1, 1997 shall expire as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The members elected from each of the county commissioner districts in 2000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The members elected from the county at large in 2002.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
