Marvin Mandel, Governor                       2095

state of Illinois by Act of 1967, a Science Advisory Council was
created with both legislative and scientific personnel.

In the state of California a recent statute created a Commission
on Manpower, Automation and Technology. In Maryland, if such an
agency had been in existence in recent years, the General Assembly
could have had help on problems of air pollution, radiation, the
Intra-State Nuclear Compact, mine waste, strip mining, and water
and soil pollution among other possibilities.

Accordingly, the General Assembly is requesting that some serious
study and determination be given to its needs for scientific infor-
mation; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Legisla-
tive Council is requested during 1970 to study possibilities for some
kind of organized study of scientific problems by an agency which
could be set up as an advisor in this area to the General Assembly;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislative Council is requested to report the
results of its studies together with its recommendations to the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1971.

Approved April 22, 1970.

No. 31
(Senate Joint Resolution 36)

Senate Joint Resolution requesting the State Commissioner of Per-
sonnel to review the educational requirements for many classifica-
tions of employment within the State service and to report his
findings to the General Assembly.

Whereas, The testimony of several State officials before the Senate
Finance Committee during hearings on the 1971 budget has sug-
gested to the Committee that there is little or no meaningful rela-
tionship between the educational requirements for various classes of
State employment and the actual training and job skills needed for
such employment; and

Whereas, It appears that the requirement of a college degree for
some kinds of employment is used more as a screening device than
as a valid employment requirement; and

Whereas, Such a policy may unfortunately handicap the State's
recruiting program without improving the calibre of employees hired,
and indirectly may place an unnecessary burden upon our institutions
of higher education; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the State
Commissioner of Personnel is requested to review the educational
requirements established for all classifications of State employment
for the purpose of determining whether these requirements may be
unnecessarily high, artificial, or bear little relationship to the needs
of the particular job to be performed, to revise educational require-
ments for State employment as may be found to be necessary, and
to establish training programs designed to provide the background