BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(1)   A DEPUTY STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS;

(2)    ANY ASSISTANT STATE SUPERINTENDENTS AND
DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE BOARD AND PROVIDED IN THE
STATE BUDGET; AND

(3)   ANY OTHER PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANTS AND AGENTS
AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE BOARD AND PROVIDED IN THE STATE
BUDGET.

(B)   APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS.

(1)     THE STATE BOARD SHALL APPOINT ALL
PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANTS TO THE DEPARTMENT FROM THE NOMINEES
PROPOSED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

(2)   THE STATE BOARD SHALL SET THE QUALIFICATIONS
FOR EACH PROFESSIONAL POSITION.

(C)   DISMISSAL OF PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT.

ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, THE
STATE BOARD MAY DISMISS A PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT FOR:

(1) IMMORALITY;

{2) MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE;

(3)   INSUBORDINATION;

(4)   INCOMPETENCY; OR

(5)   WILLFUL NEGLECT OF DUTY.

(D)   DUTIES.

(1)   IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER DUTIES SPECIFIED IN
THIS SECTION, EACH PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT
HAS THE DUTIES ASSIGNED TO HIM BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

(2)    THE DEPUTY STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE
ACTING STATE SUPERINTENDENT WHEN THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS
ABSENT OR DISABLED.

(3)       ASSISTANT STATE SUPERINTENDENTS AND
DIRECTORS HAVE CHARGE OF THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the second and
third sentences of Art. 77, §30 and Art. 77, §32.

In subsections (a) (2) and (d)(3) of this section,
the term "associate" State Superintendent is
deleted as obsolete.

In subsection (a)(3) of this section, the