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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="9-503" title_number="9" title_name="Juvenile Services" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Juvenile Services Education Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board consists of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Secretary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Secretary of Higher Education, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the State Superintendent of Schools, or the State Superintendent’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a representative of the Public School Superintendents’ Association of Maryland, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Attorney General of the State, or the Attorney General’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>one educator employed by the State who is engaged in the education of juveniles residing in a residential facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>five members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The candidate who receives the highest number of votes in an election by the educators employed by the Department shall be the educator member.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The term of the educator member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, the educator member continues to serve until a successor is elected and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to conduct the election of the educator member.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The educator member may not vote on any matter that relates to appeals to the State Board of Education under § 6–202 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the appointed members of the Board shall reflect the diversity of the population of juveniles in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The appointed members of the Board shall possess a high level of knowledge and expertise in at least one of the following areas:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>teaching or educational administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>prior service on the State Board of Education or a county board of education;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>social work;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>services for individuals with disabilities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>working with institutionalized youth;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>mental or behavioral health services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>civil rights law or advocacy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>digital learning or online administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>higher education administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of an appointed member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on June 1, 2025.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, an appointed member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An appointed member who is appointed after a term begins serves only for the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, an appointed member is eligible for reappointment but may not serve more than two consecutive terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A member appointed after a term begins is eligible for reappointment to two consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the Governor shall fill any vacancy for an appointed member on the Board within 60 days of the vacancy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Governor may remove an appointed member only for cause.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board shall elect from among its members a chair and a vice chair.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Any action by the Board shall require:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a quorum of a majority of the voting members then serving; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members then serving.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Each member of the Board is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The Department shall staff the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
