Ch. 53

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) Four employee educators whose positions are included in the
Institutional Educator Pay Plan established under § 6-302 of this subtitle from each
of the following units:

3. The Department of Juvenile [Justice] SERVICES; and
7-302.

(b) On receipt of a report from a principal or head teacher of a public school
that a student has been habitually truant without lawful excuse, the appropriate
representative of the school system:

(3) Following the investigation or intervention, may notify the
Department of Juvenile [Justice] SERVICES that the student has been habitually
truant, without lawful excuse.

7-305.

(g) (1) This subsection does not apply if the student is referred to the
Department of Juvenile [Justice] SERVICES.

7-305.1.

(a)     The State Board shall establish in a county designated by the State
Superintendent a juvenile [justice] SERVICES alternative education pilot program for
public school students who are suspended, expelled, or identified as being candidates
for suspension or expulsion as provided in subsection (d) of this section.

(b)     The Department or the county board for the county designated under
subsection (a) of this section may enter into a partnership with the county's circuit
court judges to oversee the juvenile [justice] SERVICES disciplinary alternative
education pilot program for public school students who are suspended, expelled, or
identified as being candidates for suspension or expulsion.

(c)      (1) The State Board may select a private agency to administer the
juvenile [justice] SERVICES alternative education pilot program.

(2) The selected private agency shall:

(i) Provide proof of student progress in reading and mathematics;
and

(ii) Have at least 3 years of experience serving students that are
suspended, expelled, or identified as being candidates for suspension or expulsion.

(d)     Except for a student who is adjudicated delinquent and committed by the
juvenile court to a public or licensed private agency for placement in a facility under
§ 3-8A-19 of the Courts Article, a student who is required to attend school under §
7-301 of this subtitle and who is suspended, expelled, or identified as being a
candidate for suspension or expulsion from a public school in the county designated
under subsection (a) of this section shall attend the juvenile [justice] SERVICES
alternative education pilot program.

(e)     The juvenile [justice] SERVICES alternative education pilot program shall:

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