The Carroll County Board consists of: Five voting members; Subject to subsection (f) of this section, one nonvoting student representative; and The County Commissioners, who are nonvoting ex officio members. A candidate elected to the county board shall be a resident and registered voter of Carroll County. Any member who no longer resides in Carroll County may not continue as a member of the board. Voting members of the Carroll County Board shall be elected as follows: Two members of the board shall be elected in the November general election of 1994 and every 4 years thereafter; Two members of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1996 and every 4 years thereafter; and One member of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1998 and every 4 years thereafter. Voting members of the county board shall be elected: At a general election as required by this section; and On a general countywide ticket. Each voting member serves for a term of 4 years beginning the first Monday in December immediately following the voting member’s election and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The terms of the voting members are staggered as required for the elections to the county board in subsection (c)(1) of this section. A voting member may not serve for more than two consecutive terms. The Governor shall appoint a new voting member to fill any vacancy on the board for the remainder of that term and until a successor is elected and qualifies. A voting member of the county board as of October 1, 1993, and any voting member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term of such member, shall hold office during his term and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The State Board may remove a voting member of the county board for: Immorality; Misconduct in office; Incompetency; or Willful neglect of duty. Before removing a voting member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against him and give him an opportunity within 10 days to request a hearing. If the voting member requests a hearing within the 10–day period: The State Board promptly shall 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 The voting member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in his own defense, in person or by counsel. A voting member removed under this subsection has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Carroll County. The student representative shall: Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Carroll County public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the school system; Be a student government association representative at the student’s high school; Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the student representative; and Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students in Carroll County public schools. Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county board, the student representative may not attend an executive session of the county board.

At its first meeting on or after the first Monday in December, the county board shall elect a president and vice president from among its members.

The president of the county board is entitled to receive $13,000 annually as compensation and the other voting members are entitled to receive $12,000 each annually as compensation. The compensation of the president and the voting members described in subsection (a) of this section shall be paid in four equal quarterly installments. A student representative who completes a full term on the county board shall be entitled to a scholarship of $3,500 to be applied to the student’s higher education costs. The scholarship shall be paid directly to the educational institution that the student attends. A student may receive not more than two scholarships of $3,500 each regardless of the number of terms the student serves as the student representative of the county board. The scholarship may not be considered compensation for the purpose of calculating taxable income. On the submission of expense vouchers, the student representative is entitled to reimbursement for travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of official duties for the county board. The student representative is not entitled to any compensation or payment other than that specified under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection for work as the student representative of the county board.

All actions of the county board shall be taken after a public meeting and a record of the meeting and all actions shall be made public. This section does not prohibit the county board from meeting and deliberating in executive session, provided that all action is taken after a public meeting and the record of the meeting and all action is made public.