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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-116" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purpose of this section is to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Acknowledge 36 U.S.C. § 106, which designates September 17 of each year as “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” to commemorate the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Celebrate “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” in the public schools and help instill in students knowledge of the history, importance, and enduring meaning of the United States Constitution and of the Maryland Constitution on the citizens of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In accordance with Pub. L. 108–447 § 111(b), each county board may establish a program of education to be held on “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” each year to teach students about:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The United States Constitution; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Maryland Constitution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The program of education may include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Special assemblies, discussions, presentations, and events commemorating the United States Constitution and the Maryland Constitution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The opportunity for eligible students to register to vote; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Efforts to reinforce existing curricula.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
