HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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CHAPTER 382

(House Bill 927)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - Board of Education

Affidavit of Disclosure

PG 407-82

FOR the purpose of repealing a provision of law that allows
parents or guardians who are newly arrived residents of
Prince George's County a certain time period to
complete affidavits of disclosure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 7-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Education

7-102.

(a)  The Prince George's County Board shall develop an
affidavit of disclosure form to be completed and signed by
the parents or guardians of a student who is entering the
public schools of Prince George's County.

(b)  By regulation, the County Board shall make
completion of an affidavit of disclosure a prerequisite for
admission to the public schools[, except that parents and
guardians who are newly arrived residents shall be allowed
30 days after enrollment, if necessary, to complete the
affidavit].

(c)  The purpose of the affidavit of disclosure is
limited to ascertaining from the parents or guardians of a
student in the public schools:

(1)  Their legal residence; and

(2)  The duration of their residency in this
State.