PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 632

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 632
(House Bill 970)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Baltimore City Alternative Learning Center

FOR the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Alternative Learning Center in the
Baltimore City school system; providing for the appointment of a Director and staff
for the Center; establishing criteria and procedures for the transfer of students to
the Center; establishing a mandatory maximum period during which a student must
attend the Center; specifying procedures by which a student may be transferred out
of the Center; requiring that certain programs be provided at the Center; requiring
the Superintendent to submit an annual report to certain members of the General
Assembly; providing for a delayed effective date; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to the Baltimore City Alternative Learning Center.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 4-307

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

4-307.

(A)     (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2)     "BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM" MEANS THE SYSTEM OF FREE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BALTIMORE CITY.

(3)     "CENTER" MEANS THE BALTIMORE CITY ALTERNATIVE LEARNING
CENTER.

(B)     THERE IS A BALTIMORE CITY ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER IN THE
BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

(C)     (1) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL APPOINT A
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER.

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