802                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 454

(6)     To coordinate relationships among the community colleges
to assure the widest possible educational opportunities for the stu-
dents of the State and the most efficient use of funds;

(7)    To facilitate the transfer of students between the community
colleges and the University of Maryland, the State colleges, and
other institutions of higher education;

(8)     To coordinate relationships between the community colleges
and the State and local public school systems and the private high
schools in order to facilitate cooperation with them in guidance and
admission of students to the community colleges and to arrange for
the most advantageous use of facilities;

(9)     To establish and maintain a system of information and ac-
counting of community college activities;

(10)     To provide grants-in-aid for the prompt and adequate plan-
ning of new colleges and new programs in existing colleges;

(11)     To administer the State's program of support for the com-
munity colleges;

(12)    To assist and represent the community colleges in seeking
and administering federal monies available to them;

(13)     To assist the Maryland Advisory Council for Higher Educa-
tion in its investigation of needs throughout the State and, in its
preparation of plans and recommendations for the establishment
and location of new facilities and programs relating to the com-
munity colleges;

(14) To report annually to the General Assembly on the Board's
activities and the activities of the community colleges.

304B.

(a)    Any local board of education which wishes to be divested of
its responsibility for the management and control of the community
college or colleges in that political subdivision may request the Gov-
ernor to appoint a separate board of community college trustees for
that political subdivision as provided in this section.

(b)     Upon the request of a local board of education as pro-
vided in subsection (a) of this section, a local board of community
college trustees, composed of seven members, shall be appointed. The
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint
the members of said board for said county, except that in Montgomery

County any such board shall be appointed by the county council,

and in Baltimore City and such board shall be appointed by the
mayor and city council. Of the seven members first appointed to
any local board, five shall be appointed for initial terms of from
one to five years, respectively, and the sixth and seventh members
shall be appointed for initial terms of six years each. As any such
appointment expires, and thereafter, the appointing authority shall
appoint a successor for a full term of six years. Any member of the
board may be appointed to a successive term. Among the initial
appointees the appointing authority shall include one member of the
board of education for the county or the board of school commis-
sioners for Baltimore City. Any local board of trustees shall or-
ganize and select its own chairman from time to time.