Ch. 105

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) The county board promptly shall hold a hearing, but a hearing may
not be set within 10 days after the county board sends the individual a notice of the
hearing; and

(ii) The individual shall have an opportunity to be heard before the
county board, in person or by counsel, and to bring witnesses to the hearing.

(4) The individual may appeal from the decision of the county board to the
State Board. [In Baltimore City, this paragraph does not apply to the suspension and
removal of assistant superintendents and higher levels.]

(5) [In] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LOCAL LAW, IN
Baltimore City the suspension and removal of assistant superintendents and higher levels
shall be as provided by the [city charter] PERSONNEL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE
NEW BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS UNDER § 4-313 OF THIS
ARTICLE

(b) [Except for personnel of the Baltimore City public schools at the level of
assistant superintendent or above, this] THIS section does not prohibit the State Board
from adopting bylaws to provide for a probationary period of employment of 2 years or
less.

6-203.

(b) (1) For all proceedings before a county board under §§ 4-205(c) and 6-202
of this article, the county board may have the proceedings heard first by a hearing
examiner.

(2) [In] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LOCAL LAW, IN
Baltimore City the NEW BALTIMORE CITY Board of School Commissioners may have
proceedings under § 6-202 OF THIS SUBTITLE heard first by a hearing examiner [except
as otherwise provided by the city charter].

(d) The hearing examiner shall submit to the county board and appellant:

(1) A transcript of the proceedings and exhibits; and

(2) [His] THE HEARING EXAMINER'S findings of fact, conclusions of law,
and [his] recommendation.

6-401.

(d) "Public school employer" means a county board of education or the NEW
BALTIMORE CITY Board of School Commissioners [of Baltimore City].

6-501.

(f) (1) "Public school employee" means a noncertificated individual who is
employed for at least 9 months a year on a full-time basis by a public school employer.

(2) "PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE" INCLUDES A NONCERTIFICATED
EMPLOYEE IN BALTIMORE CITY NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE NONCERTIFICATED
EMPLOYEE DOES NOT WORK FOR AT LEAST 9 MONTHS A YEAR ON A FULL-TIME
BASIS.

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