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Ch. 520
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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(d) The Prince George's County public school system shall provide staff for
the Task Force.
(e) A member of the Task Force may not receive compensation for serving on
the Task Force but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard
State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
(f) The Task Force shall:
(1) Examine the needs of students in the Prince George's County
public school system who are not completing high school to determine if they are being
prepared for meaningful work and citizenship;
(2) Examine the needs of students in the Prince George's County
public school system who are not going on to postsecondary education to determine if
they are being prepared for meaningful work and citizenship;
(3) Explore whether the high school curriculum is contributing to the
decisions of some students not to complete high school;
(4) Examine the workforce needs of the community, focusing especially
on present and future opportunities for workers who are not college educated;
(5) Examine whether the current Prince George's County public high
school curriculum meets the needs of students who are not going on to postsecondary
education;
(6) Explore research-based alternatives to the current Prince George's
County public high school curriculum that might better prepare students who are not
going on to postsecondary education;
(7) Identify strategies and approaches that might better address the
needs of students not going on to postsecondary education, including the feasibility of
curriculum changes and the development of vocational and technical high school
academies and other alternative instructional models;
(8) Identify legal, financial, regulatory, and organizational obstacles to
the implementation of curriculum and instructional changes in Prince George's
County public high schools, including the use of vocational and technical academies;
(9) Explore the willingness of stakeholders in Prince George's County
to implement changes to curriculum and instruction in the county's public high
schools; and
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