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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-14A-06" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="14A" subtitle_name="Operation of Public Schools During a Prolonged State of Emergency -- Virtual Education Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A public school shall establish a system of learning supports while operating under a virtual education plan by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Establishing a virtual tutoring system; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Providing instructional time for virtual learning that is in addition to the daily and hourly attendance requirements under § 7–103 of this title; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Developing a plan to focus on students with the greatest need and the most learning loss, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Students with disabilities; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Students in historically underserved groups, including:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>English language learners; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Students eligible for aid.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In satisfying its duties under this subsection, a public school may not require staff members whose terms of employment are subject to a collective bargaining agreement to work in excess of negotiated terms on work hours.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In compliance with public health guidance, a county board that has public schools operating under a virtual education plan shall establish learning centers in suitable unoccupied buildings, including State buildings that are not in use.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If funding is available during the prolonged school closure, a county board shall establish additional learning centers prioritizing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Community schools eligible for concentration of poverty grants under § 5–223 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Areas with high levels of absenteeism during the prolonged school closure; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If the data under item 1 of this item is unavailable, areas with high levels of absenteeism during the previous school year.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
