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BILL INFORMATION
PG 502-23
Requested By: Delegate Charles
Synopsis
FOR the purpose of altering the purpose of and the duties and responsibilities of the Prince
George’s County Board of Education and certain officers of the county board; altering the voting
authority of the student member of the county board; renaming and altering the duties of the County
Superintendent of Schools; establishing an Office of Accountability and Compliance to be headed by
an Inspector General in the Prince George’s County government for certain purposes; altering the
residency, term limit, and compensation requirements for elected members of the county
board; authorizing the governing body of Prince George’s County to establish a system of public
campaign financing for elected members of the county board after the governing body has implemented
a system of public campaign financing for elective offices in the executive or legislative branches
of the county government for at least one complete election cycle; prohibiting the system from
including public campaign financing for the election of a student member of the board; and
generally relating to the governance of the Prince George’s County public school system.PG