plans concern instructional objectives and expen-
ditures. Their purpose is to improve classroom in-
struction and student performance. Annually, the
Task Force also reviews their implementation and
reports any noncompliance to the State Board of
Education and the State Superintendent of
Schools. The Task Force reports on accountability
plans annually to the Governor, General Assem-
bly, and State Board of Education.

The Task Force consists of thirteen members
appointed by the Governor. Members serve terms
that do not exceed three years. The Governor
designates the chairperson (Code Education Arti-
cle, sees. 5-401 through 5-407).

EDUCATIONAL COORDINATING
COUNCIL FOR CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS

Chairperson: David W. Hornbeck, State
Superintendent of Schools

Public member: Marcellus Moore, 1988

Ex officio: Arnold J. Hopkins, Commissioner of
Correction; James D. Tschechtelin, Executive
Director, State Board for Community Colleges;
Claud E. Kitchens, Deputy State Superintendent
of Schools.

200 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-2059
Chairperson: 333-2100

The Educational Coordinating Council for Cor-
rectional Institutions was created in 1975 to plan
and develop educational programs in each correc-
tional institution within the Division of Correc-
tion (Chapter 539, Acts of 1975).

The Council consists of four ex officio members,
and one public member appointed by the Gover-
nor for a four-year term. The State Department of
Education provides necessary technical and cleri-
cal assistance. While under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional

Defunct Departmental Agencies

GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON
EMPLOYMENT OF THE
HANDICAPPED

Formerly within the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation, the Committee was transferred in

Services, the Council is within the State Depart-
ment of Education for budgetary and administra-
tive purposes (Code Education Article, sees.
22-101 through 22-104).

EDUCATIONAL COORDINATING
COUNCIL FOR STATE HOSPITAL
CENTERS AND JUVENILE
INSTITUTIONS

Chairperson: David W. Hornbeck, State
Superintendent of Schools

Wilbert L. Walker, 1987; Evelyn Marie Johnson,
Ph.D., 1989; three vacancies.

Ex officio: Vacancy, designee of Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene; Henry T. Harbin,
M.D., Ph.D., Director, Mental Hygiene
Administration; Linda D'Amario Rossi, Director,
Juvenile Services Agency; Lois M. Meszaros,
Ph.D., Director, Developmental Disabilities
Administration; Alice G. Pinderhughes, Baltimore
City Superintendent of Public Instruction; Dr.
Robert Y. Dubel, Baltimore County
Superintendent of Schools; Dr. Harry Pitt,
Montgomery County Superintendent of Schools.

200 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-2100

The Educational Coordinating Council for State
Hospital Centers and Juvenile Institutions was
created in 1976 (Chapter 539, Acts of 1976). The
Council develops an educational program in each
State hospital center and juvenile residential insti-
tution within the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene. The Council is within the State
Department of Education for administrative and
budgetary purposes only. Technical assistance and
support for the Council are provided by the De-
partment of Health and Mental Hygiene and the
State Department of Education.

The Council consists of thirteen members. Eight
serve ex officio and five are public members ap-
pointed for five-year terms by the Governor (Code
Education Article, sees. 22-201 through 22-205).

1987 to the Office for Handicapped Individuals
(Executive Order 01.01.1987.09).