Ch. 194                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     Two members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of
the House;

(3)     The State Superintendent of Schools, or the State Superintendent's
designee; and

(4)     The following members, appointed by the Governor:

(i) A representative from the Maryland Association of Boards of
Education;

(ii) Two public school personnel who are employed by a local public
school system and who supervise hearing and speech-language services within a local
public school system;

(iii) Two consumer members;

(iv) Two individuals who are practicing members of the Maryland
Speech-Language and Hearing Association; and

(v) A representative from the Office for Individuals with
Disabilities, Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;

(vi) Two members of the Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid
Dispensers and Speech-Language Pathologists, to include one audiologist and one
speech-language pathologist;

(vii) A physician specializing in hearing health or children's health;
and

(v) (viii) A chairman.

(c)      The Department of Legislative Services Maryland State Department of
Education shall provide staff for the Task Force.

(d)     The Task Force shall study and consider:

(1)     The scope of services provided by audiologists and speech-language
pathologists in the public schools in the State;

(2)     The availability of licensed audiologists and licensed certified
speech-language pathologists employed by and on staff in each of the local public
school systems in the State;

(3)     The amount and cost of contracted services utilized by each of the
local public school systems in the State for audiology and speech-language services;

(4)     The number of vacancies filled by contracted personnel and the total
number of vacancies for audiologists and speech-language pathologists in the local
public school systems in the State;

(5)     The caseloads and workload duties for the audiologists and
speech-language pathologists in the local public school systems in the State;

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