PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 74

CHAPTER 74
(House Bill 1015)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County Board of Education - Appeals

PG 403-96

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Prince George's County Board of Education or a
designated committee of the County Board of Education to hear appeals of certain
matters relating to certain students; making a certain exception; requiring that a
committee designated to hear certain appeals shall consist of at least a certain
number of members and that a quorum of the committee consist of a certain
number of members; and generally relating to the authority of the Prince George's
County Board of Education to hear appeals of certain matters.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 3-806

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

3-806.

(A)     IN ADDITION TO THE POWERS OTHERWISE GRANTED TO THE COUNTY
BOARD IN THIS ARTICLE, THE COUNTY BOARD OR A DESIGNATED COMMITTEE OF
THE COUNTY BOARD MAY HEAR AN APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT THAT RELATES TO THE GRADE, TRANSFER, TUITION, OR ANY
ASPECT OF PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY OF A SPECIFIC STUDENT
WHO IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 4 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(B)     A DESIGNATED COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF AT LEAST 5 MEMBERS OF
THE BOARD AND AT LEAST 5 MEMBERS OF A DESIGNATED COMMITTEE SHALL BE
PRESENT TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 9, 1996.

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