PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 62

the student member of the Prince George's County Board of Education to vote on
matters before the Board of Education.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 3-1002(f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Education

3-1002.

(f) (1) The student member shall be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the
Prince George's County public school system during the student's term in office.

(2) An eligible student shall file a nomination form at least 2 weeks before
a special election meeting of the Prince George's regional association of student
governments. Nomination forms shall be made available in the administrative offices of
all public senior high schools in the County, the office of student concerns, and the office
of the president of the regional association. The delegates to the regional association
annually shall elect the student member to the Board at a special election meeting to be
held each school year.

(3) The student member may vote on all matters before the Board except
those relating to:

(i) Capital and operating budgets;

(ii) School closings, reopenings, and boundaries;

(iii) Collective bargaining decisions;

(iv) Student disciplinary matters;

(v) Teacher and administrator disciplinary matters as provided under
§ 6-202(a) of this article; and

(vi) Other personnel matters.

(4) ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED
MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD, THE BOARD MAY DETERMINE IF A MATTER
BEFORE THE BOARD RELATES TO A SUBJECT THAT THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY
NOT VOTE ON UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

[(4)] (5) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the
County Board, the student member may not attend an executive session that relates to
hearings on appeals of special education placements, hearings held under § 6-202(a) of
this article, or collective bargaining.

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