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Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 4-101

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Subtitle 4 of this title, educational matters that affect the counties shall be under the control of a county board of education in each county.

(b) Each county board shall seek in every way to promote the interests of the schools under its jurisdiction.