PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 95

CHAPTER 95
(House Bill 961)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Board of Education - Election of Student Member

MC 711-97

FOR the purpose of altering a provision relating to the election of the student member of
the Montgomery County Board of Education to allow all students in public middle
and high schools in Montgomery County to vote for the student member; and
providing for a delayed effective date.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 3-901 (e)
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

3-901.

(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. This agreement shall include a process by which to replace one or both
of the final candidates if they are unable to proceed in the election. Any student enrolled
in [grades 7 through 12] A MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL 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

(iii) Vote directly for 1 of the 2 remaining student Board member

candidates.

(3) The candidate receiving the second highest number of votes in the direct
election shall become the alternate student member. The alternate shall serve if the
student member is unable to complete his elected term.

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