SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1471

County merit system employees and subject to all rules and regular
tions of the Personnel Board of Montgomery County except where
such rules and regulations are contrary to the specific provisions
of the laws of this State.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved May 4, 1967.

CHAPTER 685
(Senate Bill 470)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 25 (a)
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and
1966 Supplement), title "Public Education", subtitle "Chapter 3.
State Board of Education", to provide that a bona fide church
organization shall include those schools known as Amish and Men-
nonite church parochial schools in Charles , GARRETT and St.
Mary's Counties.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
The Section 25 (a) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Public Education", sub-
title "Chapter 3. State Board of Education", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

25.

(a) After January 1, 1948, every private school or education insti-
tution, however designated, which charges tuition or fees for attend-
ance, and which offers a program of college, professional, preparatory,
high school, junior high school, elementary, kindergarten, or nursery
school work, or any combination thereof, or which offers a program
of trade or technical education, or both, or which gives pre-employ-
ment or supplementary training, or both, in the fields of trade or
industry, and any and every private school or education institution
charging tuition or fees for attendance, except those operated by
bona fide church organizations, must secure a certificate of approval
issued by the State Superintendent of Schools, before it may begin
or continue to operate or function in this State. Bona fide church
organizations shall include those schools known as Amish and Men-
nonite church parochial schools in Charles , GARRETT and St.
Mary's Counties. Provided, that nothing in this section shall be con-
strued as having application to any school or college that is now
operating under a charter granted by the legislature of Maryland.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved May 4, 1967.