Ch. 4                                       1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(III) RECOGNITION FUNDS SHALL BE EXPENDED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE THE RECIPIENT
SCHOOL IS LOCATED.

(2) THE PRINCIPAL OF A RECIPIENT SCHOOL SHALL FILE WITH THE
LOCAL SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT A REPORT INDICATING THE AMOUNT OF THE
AWARD AND THE USES FOR WHICH IT WAS EXPENDED.

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

Approved April 9, 1996.

CHAPTER 4
(Senate Bill 221)

AN ACT concerning

Education - School Order and Discipline

FOR the purpose of requiring a continuum model of prevention and intervention
activities and programs for disruptive student behaviors; requiring that proposals for
funding of programs for disruptive youth satisfy certain criteria; authorizing a public
school principal to suspend a student for a certain number of days; requiring a
suspended or expelled student to stay away from school during certain hours;
requiring a principal or a designee of the principal to confer with certain individuals
under certain circumstances; authorizing a county superintendent to deny school
attendance to certain students under certain circumstances; requiring a school
system to forward certain information to another school system under certain
circumstances; authorizing requiring a principal to require restitution under certain
circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt certain regulations
including establish guidelines that define a State code of student discipline;
requiring local boards of education to adopt certain regulations; requiring the State
Board to assist local boards with implementation of certain policies and programs
guidelines; authorizing and immunizing principals, teachers, school security guards,
and school based staff school system personnel for certain actions under certain
circumstances; authorizing searches of students for violations of certain laws and
regulations under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Education to
submit a certain report; and generally relating to the maintenance of school order
and discipline.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article -Education

Section 7-303, 7-304, 7-305, 7-306, and 7-307
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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