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BILL INFORMATION
PG 502-21: Prince George’s County – Board of Education and Chief Executive Officer – Revisions
Requested By: Delegate Ivey
Synopsis
FOR the purpose of repealing provisions of law that established the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the Prince George’s County public school system; repealing certain provisions of law that established the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer; revising 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; repealing provisions that specified certain staggered terms for certain elected members of the county board; repealing certain provisions that specified a certain method of filling certain vacancies on the county board; requiring a vacancy of an elected member of the county board to be filled at special election under certain circumstances; 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 meet at a certain time each year to elect a chair and vice chair from among its members; altering the number of affirmative votes required for the county board to pass a motion; 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.