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Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 3-6A-05

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
(a) (1) There is a School Shared Space Council in Harford County.

(2) The School Shared Space Council consists of eleven employees of the county appointed by the County Executive for a term coterminous with that of the County Executive as follows:

(i) Two from the staff of the county board of education;

(ii) One from the administrative staff of the County Executive;

(iii) One from the Department of Public Works;

(iv) One from the Department of Recreation and Parks;

(v) One from the Committee on Aging;

(vi) One from the Health Department;

(vii) One from Harford County Community College;

(viii) One from the Department of Juvenile Services;

(ix) One from the county public libraries; and

(x) One from the Department of Planning.

(3) In addition to the county employee members, the County Executive shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the County Council, seven county citizen members to the Council as follows:

(i) One from each councilmanic district of the county; and

(ii) One from the county at large.

(b) (1) A county employee member of the Council who does not maintain his employment in the county shall be replaced on the Council.

(2) A county citizen member who does not maintain his residence in the county shall be replaced on the Council.

(c) Each citizen member may attend and vote at a Council session.

(d) The Council shall:

(1) Meet not less than three times a year during each year to compile the number of spaces in the public schools of the county that are not filled and to evaluate the feasibility of the utilization of the spaces by the community and county departments; and

(2) Report its findings and recommendations to the county board of education and the County Executive at least once during the school year.

(e) The County Executive, by executive order, may appoint up to two additional members to the Council from agencies of the county government.

(f) (1) The Council shall elect a president from among its members.

(2) A quorum is 2/3 of the members appointed.