ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                           H.B. 375

FOR the purpose of providing that the procedures for the appointment or
reappointment of the Harford County Superintendent of Schools are those that
are applicable to all counties in the State; repealing the requirement that the
Harford County Board of Education provide public notice that the county board
will conduct an evaluation of the county superintendent of schools by a specific
date; repealing the requirement that the county board conduct an evaluation of
the county superintendent and share the findings of the evaluation with the
county superintendent by a certain date; repealing the county superintendent's
reappointment notification requirement to the county board; and generally
relating to the Harford County Board of Education and the Harford County
Superintendent of Schools.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 4-201(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

4-201.

(b) (1) The term of a county superintendent is 4 years beginning on July 1. A
county superintendent continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

(2)     [Except in Harford County, by] BY February 1 of the year in which a
term ends, the county superintendent shall notify the county board whether the
superintendent is a candidate for reappointment.

(3)     In the year in which a term begins, the county board shall appoint a
county superintendent between February 1 and June 30. However, if the county board
decides to reappoint the incumbent superintendent, the county board shall take final
action at a public meeting no later than March 1 of that year.

(4)     If a county board is unable to appoint a county superintendent by
July 1 of a year in which a term begins, the provisions of subsection (d) of this section
apply.

[(5) (i) This paragraph applies only to Harford County.

(ii) By January 1 of the year that is 2 years before the county
superintendent's term ends, and by January 1 of the year that the superintendent's
term ends, the Harford County Board shall provide public notice in 2 newspapers of
general circulation in the county that the Board will conduct an evaluation of the
superintendent's professional performance.

(iii) By February 1 of each year specified in subparagraph (ii) of this
paragraph, the Harford County Board shall:

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