Ch. 146                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(m) On appointment of the Board, the Governor and the County Executive shall
jointly select one of the [voting] APPOINTED members to serve as the chairman of the
Board who shall serve in that capacity through June 30, 2004.

(n) Beginning on July 1, 2004 and every 2 years thereafter, from among its
[voting] APPOINTED members the Board shall elect a chairman.

(o) (1) The [nonvoting] student member shall be an eleventh or twelfth
grade student in the Prince George's County public school system during the student's
term in office.

(2)     An eligible student shall file a nomination form at least 2 weeks
before a special election meeting of the Prince George's Regional Association of
Student Governments. Nomination forms shall be made available in the
administrative offices of all public senior high schools in the county, the office of
student concerns, and the office of the president of the regional association. The
delegates to the regional association annually shall elect the student member to the
Board at a special election meeting to be held each school year.

(3)     THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY VOTE ON ALL MATTERS BEFORE THE
BOARD EXCEPT THOSE RELATING TO:

(I)      CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS;

(II)     SCHOOL CLOSINGS, REOPENINGS, AND BOUNDARIES;

(III)   COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DECISIONS;

(IV)    STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS;

(V)     TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AS
PROVIDED UNDER § 6-202(A) OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

(VI)    OTHER PERSONNEL MATTERS.

(4)      ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE APPOINTED
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE BOARD MAY DETERMINE IF A MATTER BEFORE THE
BOARD RELATES TO A SUBJECT THAT THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE ON
UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

[(3)] (5) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of
the [voting members] APPOINTED MEMBERS of the Board, the student member may
not attend an executive session that relates to hearings on appeals of special
education placements, hearings held under § 6-202(a) of this article, or collective
bargaining.

(6)      THE PRINCE GEORGE'S REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT
GOVERNMENTS MAY ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE ELECTION OF THE STUDENT
MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

(7)      THE ELECTION PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE PRINCE
GEORGE'S REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT GOVERNMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

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