Ch. 105

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Superintendent of Public Instruction for Baltimore City and the Board of School
Commissioners of Baltimore City to the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of
the Board on a certain date and subject to certain restrictions; providing for the
continuation of certain services provided to the Baltimore City Public School System
by other units of the Baltimore City Government; prohibiting the Baltimore City
Council from restoring or denying certain budget items under certain
circumstances; requiring the Board to submit to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore City and the Baltimore City Board of Estimates a certain report on
expenditures in its budget; repealing certain provisions relating to the budget of the
Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City; requiring certain employees of
the Baltimore City Public School System to become members of a certain personnel
system on a certain date; requiring certain employees to reapply for continued
employment; requiring certain consultants to conduct certain evaluations by certain
dates; requiring the reporting of certain evaluations to the Governor, the Mayor,
and the General Assembly; specifying that the provisions of this Act reflect certain
consent decrees and a certain commitment to appropriate additional funds for the
Baltimore City Public Schools; specifying a commitment of the State to appropriate
additional funds to Baltimore City under certain circumstances relating to the
enrollment of students; requiring a certain financial commitment to be separate
from other State funding; prohibiting the reduction of certain State funds under
specified circumstances; prohibiting Baltimore City from using certain funds to
meet certain statutory obligations; requiring certain collective bargaining
agreements to remain in effect for a specified time period; authorizing the Board to
negotiate certain changes to certain collective bargaining agreements; requiring the
Board to recognize and bargain with certain employee organizations; requiring
certain collective bargaining agreements for certain employees to be separate
agreements from the collective bargaining agreements for the employees of the City
of Baltimore; providing for the rights of certain employees to be dismissed only for
cause; providing for certain rights and benefits of certain employees through a
certain date; providing for the retention of sick leave for certain employees;
providing for certain health and retirement benefits for certain employees;
providing for the retention and assumption of certain liabilities; requiring a certain
agreement to be submitted to certain committees of the General Assembly;
providing for payment of certain employer and employee contributions to certain
pension and retirement systems; providing for disbursement of certain funds in a
certain manner; requiring the Board to initiate a certain search process by a certain
date; requiring that certain appeals be made directly to the Court of Appeals;
making this Act subject to a certain contingency; requiring the Board to establish a
certain system of financial reporting by a certain date; requiring a certain financial
audit by a certain date; providing for the appointment of members to a certain
advisory board; requiring the Board to submit a certain report in a certain manner;
providing for the repeal of law inconsistent with this Act; providing for the effective
date of this Act; providing for the termination of certain provisions of this Act;
making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact
or make a false statement in the preparation of any report required under this Act;
providing for certain penalties; providing certain funds, subject to a certain
contingency; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to the
establishment of the New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and the

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