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BILL INFORMATION
PG 503-21: Prince George’s County – Board of Education and Chief Executive Officer – Alterations
Requested By: Delegate Watson
Synopsis
FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the Prince George’s County Board of Education to require all members to be elected; repealing provisions of law relating to the appointed members of the county board, including the appointment, terms, and compensation of the members; requiring elected members of the county board to be elected by the voters of the entire county rather than by the voters of the school district the member represents; repealing a provision of law requiring the Prince George’s County Executive to appoint certain officers of the county board; requiring the county board to select a chair and vice chair from among the elected members of the board; altering the number of affirmative votes required for the county board to pass a motion; repealing provisions of law that established the title of the county superintendent as the Chief Executive Officer of the Prince George’s County public school system; providing for the expiration of the terms of the appointed members of the county board; defining a certain term; repealing certain definitions; making stylistic and conforming changes; and generally relating to the membership of the Prince George’s County Board of Education and the Chief Executive Officer.
Status: Withdrawn