WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 266

(1)  "Elected member" means 1 of the [7] 8
elected and voting members of the Montgomery County Board or a
member appointed to fill a vacancy of 1 of these [7] 8
members.

(2)   "Board of Education District" means a geographic
area of Montgomery County in which an elected member of the
Montgomery County Board of Education must be a legal resident.
The geographic area of each district is that encompassed by the
election districts and precincts, as of January 1, 1987,
described in subsection (f) of this section. Each district shall
be substantially equal in population, and the districts shall be
reapportioned on the basis of each decennial census of the United
States. Reapportioned districts shall become effective for the
term of office commencing after the first regular primary
election held at least 15 months after the official report on
population is received by the State from the Bureau of Census.

(b)  The Montgomery County Board consists of:

(1)  5 elected members, each of whom resides in a
different board of education district;

(2)  [2] 3 elected members who may reside
anywhere in the county; and

(3)  1 [nonvoting] student member.

(c)  An elected member of the County Board shall be a
registered voter of Montgomery County.

(d)  Members of the Montgomery County Board shall be elected
at the general election every 2 years as required by subsection
(f) of this section.

(e)  (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. Any student
enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in the Montgomery County public
schools may:

(i) Nominate a student member candidate;

(ii) Vote for delegates from the student's
school, who in turn vote in a nominating convention to reduce to

2  the number of candidates for student Board member if there are

3 or more candidates; and

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