PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 347

CHAPTER 347
(Senate Bill 145)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Expulsion for Possessing a Weapon on Bringing a Firearm onto School

Property

FOR the purpose of requiring a county superintendent of schools to expel a student for a
certain period of time, who possesses a weapon on has brought a firearm onto school
property; authorizing a county superintendent of schools to make specify on a case
by case exception from basis a certain mandatory minimum shorter period of
expulsion or an alternative educational setting for a student who possesses a weapon
on has brought a firearm onto school property under certain circumstances; requiring
the State Board of Education to adopt certain regulations; defining a certain term; and
generally relating to the expulsion of students.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 7-304

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

7-304.

(a)     (1) In accordance with the rules and regulations of the county board, each
principal of a public school may suspend for cause, for not more than 5 school days, any
student in the school who is under the direction of the principal.

(2) The student or his parent or guardian promptly shall be given a
conference with the principal and any other appropriate personnel during the suspension
period.

(b)     At the request of a principal, a county superintendent may suspend a student
for more than 5 school days or expel him.

(c)     (1) If a principal finds that a suspension of more than 5 school days or
expulsion is warranted, he immediately shall report the matter in writing to the county
superintendent.

(2) The county superintendent or his designated representative promptly
shall make a thorough investigation of the matter.

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