Ch. 118 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) Has withdrawn from a regular full-time public or private school program
for at least 3 months, except that the State Board may waive the 3-month withdrawal
requirement [for a student enrolled in the Paquin School in Baltimore City] if the State
Board considers the waiver justified.

(b) The State Board shall examine individuals for a high school diploma at least
twice each year at places throughout this State that are reasonably convenient for the
applicants.

(c) The examination shall:

(1) Be offered in appropriate high school subject areas; and

(2) Be of a comprehensive nature as determined by the State Board.

(d) An individual who fails an examination may take retests.

(e) A member of the armed forces may earn the Maryland high school diploma by
taking the examinations furnished by the United States Armed Forces Institute and given
by the appropriate service officer.

(f) The diploma shall be awarded in accordance with the rules and regulations
adopted by the State Board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1997.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 118
(Senate Bill 398)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Student Suspension and Expulsion

FOR the purpose of broadening the authority of a county superintendent of schools to
deny attendance to a student who has been expelled from another school system;
and generally relating to student attendance and expulsion.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 7-305(d)
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:

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