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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 33.02.04.05" title_num="33" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="04" heading="Program Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Local Board Requirement. A local board participating in the program shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ensure each page received the required training before election day;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Encourage individuals at least 16 years old who apply to the program to serve as an election judge in accordance with Election Law Article, §10-202, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Certify community service hours for those participants that complete their service;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Use the combined oath and commission required by Regulation .03 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Remove any individual who is unfit or incompetent for the program, at the discretion of the local board, and the individual may not receive community service hours.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Collaboration with School Boards. The local board:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall work with the local board of education to obtain appropriate access to the local schools and home-schooled programs to present the program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall inform the local board of education that a student may obtain community service hours for participating in the program, and that any form used by the local board of education or local schools to certify community service hours should include space for the collection of the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Name of page;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Signature of page’s parent or guardian;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Signature of local school administrator;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Number of hours worked;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Signature of a chief judge assigned to the same polling place as the page; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Signature of Election Director or designee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Allow the State Administrator or designee and/or a representative from the local school system to observe the training program.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>