Ch. 36 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 36
(House Bill 91)

AN ACT concerning

Howard County Board of Education - Hearing Examiner
Ho. Co. 2-90

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Howard County Board of Education to appoint a
hearing examiner, subject to certain restrictions, to hear an appeal of a decision of
the county superintendant or a suspension or dismissal of certain professional
personnel.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 6-203

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

6-203.

(a) This section applies only to the county boards of the following counties:

(1) Anne Arundel;

(2) Calvert;

(3) Charles;

(4) Harford;

(5) Montgomery;

(6) Baltimore City; [and]

(7) Prince George's; AND

(8) HOWARD.

(b) For all proceedings before a county board under §§ 4-205(c) and 6-202 of
this article, the county board may have the proceedings heard first by a hearing
examiner. In Baltimore City the Board of School Commissioners may have proceedings
under Section 6-202 heard first by a hearing examiner except as otherwise provided by
the city charter.

(c) (1) Except in Anne Arundel County, the hearing examiner shall be an

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