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Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 4-130

  • 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.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) (1) In this section, “student work product” means the work created by an individual while enrolled as a student at a public school in the State.

(2) “Student work product” includes:

(i) Written reports, essays, tests, and homework;

(ii) Personal class notes;

(iii) Art projects; and

(iv) Computer software.

(b) A county board may not claim ownership rights, property rights, or the copyright to the student work product of a student enrolled in a public school under the jurisdiction of the county board.