ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                                Ch. 148

action plan, to file monthly status reports and to include certain information in
certain quarterly biannual reports; requiring the State Superintendent to
include certain information in on a local school system deficit in certain
quarterly reports; requiring a local school system to provide certain information
to the Office of Legislative Audits under certain circumstances; providing that if
a local school system fails to comply with certain requirements, the State
Superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall notify
the State Comptroller who shall be required to withhold certain funds until
receiving a certain notice from the State Superintendent; revising the dates for
submission of certain plan updates to the Department; requiring county boards
of education and the Chief Executive Officer of the Baltimore City Board of
School Commissioners to include certain information in certain plan updates;
requiring the State Superintendent to annually review certain information and
to file a certain report; requiring certain plan updates to be submitted for review'
and approval by the State Superintendent; providing that certain letters of
recommendation included in certain audits are a matter of public record;
requiring the Legislative Auditor to appoint professional staff to conduct audits
of local school systems; requiring the Office of Legislative Audits to conduct a
certain audit of each local school system within a certain time period;
authorizing the employees of the Office of Legislative Audits to have access to.
certain information; requiring the Office of Legislative Audits to provide certain
information to a local school system; requiring a certain centralized audit by a
certain time period; requiring certain school systems to be included in a certain
group of audits; providing for the order of certain audits; repealing certain
provisions of law related to the Office of Legislative Audits' review of audit
reports of local boards of education and local library boards; requiring the
Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to eliminate a certain deficit by a
certain date; requiring the Office of Legislative Audits to submit certain
information to the Joint Committee by a certain time; and generally relating to
the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Department of Education and
fiscal accountability and oversight of local school systems.

BY adding to

Article - Education                                   

Section 5-114

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 4-309(a), 5-109, and 5-401
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to                                                                                                         

Article - State Government
Section 2-1219(c) and 2-1220(f)

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