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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1508.1" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Safe to Learn Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “public school personnel” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A school resource officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A school security employee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A principal or an assistant principal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A teacher;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A school counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An individual employed by a public school for at least 7 days each school year; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A law enforcement officer who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is not directly assigned to or employed by a public school;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Has not completed the Center’s School Resource Officer and School Security Employee Training Academy; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Provides adequate law enforcement coverage to public schools in accordance with an agreement between the local law enforcement agency and the local school system.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Public school personnel may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be used for purposes of or otherwise engage in immigration enforcement, as defined in § 6–111 of the State Government Article, at the public school; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, produce or share information or a document pertaining to student educational records or employee personnel records or any other information about or from a student, a public school employee, or a student’s or a public school employee’s family or household for purposes of immigration enforcement, as defined in § 6–111 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Public school personnel shall immediately contact the county superintendent or the county superintendent’s designee and legal counsel for the local school system if presented with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A judicial warrant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A judicial subpoena; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A legal order for the production of information or a document regarding the individuals described under subsection (b)(2) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section shall be construed consistently with any applicable federal and State privacy laws.</text>
  </level>
</section>
