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Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 14-203

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
The President may delegate to the Office of Administrative Hearings the authority to conduct a hearing and issue a proposed decision for approval by the Secretary of Budget and Management in any of the following:

(1) An appeal under § 14-204(b) of this subtitle from a rejection of a classified employee during probation that results from a promotion;

(2) An appeal under § 14-205 of this subtitle from charges for removal of a classified employee;

(3) A preliminary hearing under § 14-206 of this subtitle on the suspension of a classified employee pending removal;

(4) An appeal under § 14-207 of this subtitle from the disciplinary suspension of a classified employee; and

(5) An appeal under § 14-208 of this subtitle from the proposed demotion of a classified employee.