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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="9-603" title_number="9" title_name="Juvenile Services" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Juvenile Services Education Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning July 1, 2022, the Department and the Board, subject to the memorandum of understanding, jointly shall have the authority and responsibility for implementing the juvenile services educational programs in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Superintendent shall provide and oversee educational services to all juveniles in a residential facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Superintendent shall implement for each residential facility an educational program as approved by the Board that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meets the special needs and circumstances of the juveniles in the residential facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is accredited by an approved accrediting agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department, subject to the memorandum of understanding, shall employ any staff necessary to carry out the Juvenile Services Education Program as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Educational staff in the Department shall be subject to the career ladder and salary provisions under Title 6, Subtitle 10 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, each teacher in the Juvenile Services Education Program who is employed by the Department is in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may authorize the Department to contract with a nonprofit private party or a county board of education to provide educational services for juveniles in a residential facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>For fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation in an amount sufficient to meet the requirements of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
