BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(E)       QUALIFICATIONS AND ELECTION OF STUDENT MEMBER.

(1)          THE STUDENT MEMBER SHALL BE A BONA FIDE
RESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND A REGULARLY ENROLLED
JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR STUDENT FROM A MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

(2)       THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION PROCESS SHALL BE
AS AGREED ON BY THE COUNTY BOARD AND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
REGION OF THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS.
THIS PROCESS SHALL INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY STUDENT
ENROLLED IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 11 IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO:

(I)       NOMINATE A STUDENT MEMBER CANDIDATE; AND

(II)       VOTE EITHER DIRECTLY FOR A STUDENT BOARD
MEMBER OR VOTE FOR DELEGATES FROM THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL, WHO
IN TURN VOTE FOR THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

(3)       AN ALTERNATE STUDENT MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STUDENT MEMBER. THE ALTERNATE SHALL
SERVE ONLY IF THE STUDENT MEMBER IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE HIS
ELECTED TERM.

(4)          THE STUDENT MEMBER HAS THE SAME RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES OF AN ELECTED MEMBER EXCEPT THAT:

(I)       HE MAY NOT VOTE; AND

(II)       UNLESS INVITED TO ATTEND BY THE AFFIRMATIVE
VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD, HE MAY NOT ATTEND AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT RELATES TO HEARINGS ON APPEALS OF
SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACEMENTS, HEARINGS HELD UNDER §6-202(A)
OF THIS ARTICLE, OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

(F)       TERM; VACANCIES.

(1)   EACH ELECTED MEMBER SERVES FOR A TERM OF 4
YEARS BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 1 AFTER HIS ELECTION AND UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND QUALIFIES. THE TERMS OF ELECTED
MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY THE TERMS OF THE
MEMBERS SERVING ON THE COUNTY BOARD AS OF JULY 1, 1978 AND
SO THAT FOUR MEMBERS ARE ELECTED IN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
YEARS AND THREE MEMBERS ARE ELECTED IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
YEARS.

(2)    THE STUDENT MEMBER SERVES FOR A TERM OF .1
YEAR BEGINNING ON JULY 1 AFTER HIS ELECTION.

(3)   THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD
SHALL SELECT A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO FILL ANY VACANCY ON
THE ELECTED BOARD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT TERM AND UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND QUALIFIES.

(G)   REMOVAL.