WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 385

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 4-201(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

4-201.

(b) (1) The EXCEPT IN HARFORD COUNTY, THE The term of a

county superintendent [is] MAY BE UP TO 4 years beginning on

July 1. A county superintendent continues to serve until a
successor is appointed and qualifies.

(2)  By EXCEPT IN HARFORD COUNTY, BY February 1 of the
year in which a term ends, the county superintendent shall notify
the county board whether he is a candidate for reappointment.

(3)  In the year in which a term begins, the county
board shall appoint a county superintendent between February 1
and June 30. However, if the county board decides to reappoint
the incumbent superintendent, the county board shall take final
action at a public meeting no later than March 1 of that year.

(4)  If a county board is unable to appoint a county
superintendent by July 1 of a year in which a term begins, the
provisions of subsection (d) of this section apply.

(5) (I) IN HARFORD COUNTY, THE TERM OF THE COUNTY

SUPERINTENDENT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 2 YEARS OR MORE THAN 4
YEARS BEGINNING ON JULY 1.

(5) (II) BY JANUARY 1 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE TERM
OF THE HARFORD COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT ENDS, THE HARFORD COUNTY
BOARD SHALL:

(I) CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THE COUNTY

SUPERINTENDENT'S PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE; AND

(II) SHARE THE COUNTY BOARD'S FINDINGS OF THE
COUNTY BOARD WITH THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

(5) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIES ONLY TO HARFORD
COUNTY.

(II) BY JANUARY 1 OF THE YEAR THAT IS 2 YEARS
BEFORE THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S TERM ENDS, AND BY JANUARY 1 OF

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