PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 119

Article - Education

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(d) (1) Any student expelled or suspended from school:

(i) Shall remain away from the school premises during those hours
each school day when the school the student attends is in session; and

(ii) May not participate in school sponsored activities.

(2) The expelled or suspended student may return to the school premises
during the prohibited hours only for attendance at a previously scheduled appointment,
and if the student is a minor then only if accompanied by his parent or guardian.

(3) Any person who violates paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection is guilty
of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 for each
violation.

(4) (i) If a student has been suspended or expelled, the principal or a
designee of the principal may not return the student to the classroom without conferring
with the teacher who referred the student to the principal, if the student was referred by
a teacher, other teachers as appropriate, other appropriate school personnel, the student,
and the student's parent or guardian.

(ii) If the disruptive behavior results in action less than suspension, the
principal or a designee of the principal shall confer with the teacher who referred the
student to the principal prior to returning the student to that teacher's classroom.

(5) A county superintendent may deny attendance to any student who is
currently expelled from another school system [in the State] for a length of time equal to
that expulsion.

(6) A school system shall forward information to another school system
relating to the discipline of a student, including information on an expulsion of the
student, on receipt of the request for information.

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

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 119
(Senate Bill 616)

AN ACT concerning

Board of Community College Trustees for Baltimore County - Membership

FOR the purpose of altering the number of members of the Board of Community College
Trustees for Baltimore County; providing for the term of a member; authorizing the

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