BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1739

Article — Education
8-306.

(b)    (1) [On receipt of the] WITHIN 30 15 DAYS
AFTER IT RECEIVES A request for review, the State Board
shall establish a hearing board of at least three qualified
individuals who are knowledgeable in the fields that are
significant to the educational review of the child.

(c)    Dismissal of review request.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BYLAWS OF THE STATE BOARD
AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION AND AFTER [After] a
review of the education records of the child, the hearing
board may dismiss any request for review [that it finds to
be without good cause].

(d)    The hearing board:

ill Shall conduct the review in accordance with
bylaws adopted by the State Board that are consistent with
this Section and any applicable federal law;

(2) May require a complete and independent

diagnosis, evaluation, and prescription of educational

programs for the child to be conducted by qualified persons,
the cost of which shall be paid by the State Board;

(3) May hear any testimony that it considers
relevant;

(4)    Shall make its decision within [60] 45 days
after the State Board receives the request for review THE

TIME REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS OF THE STATE BOARD AND

APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATIONS; and

(5)    Subject to the standards adopted and

approved under §8—305 of this subtitle, shall affirm,

modify, or reject the decision under review.

(f) (1) The Circuit Court for the county in which

the child resides or, if the child resides in Baltimore

City, the Baltimore City Court, shall review, on petition:

(i) The decision of the hearing board; or

(ii) The decision of the Maryland School
for the Blind if a hearing board decision is not made within

[60] 45 days after the State Board receives the request for

review THE TIME REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS OF THE STATE BOARD
AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATIONS.

8-415.

(a) (1) If a county board makes a placement

decision for a handicapped child, the parent or guardian of
the handicapped child may make a written request to the