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be greatly upset if this language of the Minority Report

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is adopted. It will no longer be a balance because the

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thumb will be placed on the scale in favor of the State

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Board which is now given control over the entire system,

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something it has never had by statute; and it is suggested

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that at this point it would be unwise to give it this

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power by constitution.

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The Majority emphasizes that it is important

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that the superintendent of schools be appointed by the

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board and says that this power must also be written into

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the Constitution. The great weight of authority is to the

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contrary. Only eleven States throughout the country pro-

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vide that the superintendent of schools shall by consti-

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tution be appointed by the Board of Education.

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We think that while this system appears to

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have worked well in Maryland, there is no reason to assume

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that there is going to be any radical change in Article

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77 in the future. Indeed there hasn't been any radical

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change in the past. Most of these provisions have been

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in effect for nearly a hundred years. The appointment powe;:

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of the State Board of Education has been in effect since