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MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-1806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 18 - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-Tech) Schools|Section 7-1806 - Reports

    (a)    On or before December 1 each year, the Department, in consultation with the Commission, shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the implementation of the Program in the State, including:        (1)    The number of students enrolled in each P–TECH school;        (2)    The industry partners associated with each P–TECH school;        (3)    The pathway sequence created for each P–TECH school;        (4)    How P–TECH students performed on federal and State assessments;        (5)    The number of P–TECH students graduating from each P–TECH school and receiving a high school diploma and an associate’s degree;        (6)    The year in which each P–TECH student graduated and received the degree;        (7)    The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school who receive paid internships with each industry partner;        (8)    The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school on track for on–time completion of the pathway sequence;        (9)    The rate of attrition, if any, from each P–TECH school by grade and by cohort;        (10)    The number of students at each P–TECH school who have an IEP plan, have a 504 plan, or are English Language Learners;        (11)    The percentage of P–TECH students who meet the free and reduced meal plan income criteria in each P–TECH school;        (12)    The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school who, by the fourth year of the pathway sequence, complete the requirements for a high school diploma;        (13)    The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school who are employed after completion of the pathway sequence with each industry partner or who matriculate to a public or private senior higher education institution after finishing the pathway sequence;        (14)    The base and supplemental costs of operating a P–TECH school;        (15)    The total amount of funds distributed to each P–TECH school in accordance with this subtitle;        (16)    An accounting of each P–TECH school’s expenditures; and        (17)    Whether all funds distributed under this subtitle were spent.    (b)    On or before December 1, 2023, the Department, in consultation with the Commission, shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly:        (1)    An analysis of the annual data reported under subsection (a) of this section; and        (2)    An evaluation of whether the P–TECH Program is successful in preparing students for the workforce or for further postsecondary education.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-1901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 19 - Lynx High School|Section 7-1901 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “County Superintendent” means the Frederick County Superintendent of Schools.    (c)    “LYNX High School” means a Linking Youth to New Experiences High School.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-1902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 19 - Lynx High School|Section 7-1902 - School Established

    (a)    (1)    There is a LYNX High School at Frederick High School in Frederick County.        (2)    The LYNX High School is a public school under the authority and supervision of the Frederick County Board of Education and the Frederick County Superintendent of Schools.    (b)    The purposes of the LYNX High School are to:        (1)    Provide individualized, self–directed learning opportunities for every student in accordance with a personal plan for success that is developed by each student with the assistance of education and business advocates and parents or guardians and is approved by the County Superintendent;        (2)    In accordance with a student’s personal plan for success, allow the student to select academic course work, the method of instruction, and the pace of learning that works best for the individual student; and        (3)    Allow the student to participate in and move between project–based learning experiences at the high school and college levels and work, internship, or apprenticeship experiences focused on college and career readiness competencies as an integral part of the student’s curriculum.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-1904 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 19 - Lynx High School|Section 7-1904 - Financial Assistance

    The LYNX High School may apply for and accept donations, grants, or other financial assistance from a government entity or any nonprofit or other private organization.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-1905 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 19 - Lynx High School|Section 7-1905 - Evaluation; Reports; Continued Operation

    (a)    The County Superintendent shall conduct an evaluation of the LYNX High School each year.    (b)    On or before September 30 each year, the County Superintendent shall submit to the State Board an evaluation report for the prior fiscal year that includes:        (1)    The academic and career progress of each student enrolled in the LYNX High School;        (2)    The level of satisfaction of the students, teachers, parents or guardians, and advocates with the LYNX High School; and        (3)    The LYNX High School’s fiscal year financial report.    (c)    The LYNX High School may continue to operate until the County Superintendent sends to the State Board a written notice that the LYNX High School has been discontinued.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-2101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 21 - Student Data Governance|Section 7-2101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Personally identifiable information” means information that, alone or in combination,  makes it possible to  identify an individual student with reasonable certainty.    (c)    “Student data” means any personally identifiable information relating to an identified or identifiable student in the State.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-2102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 21 - Student Data Governance|Section 7-2102 - Best Practices for Data Privacy and Security Incident Response Plan

    The Department, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology and county boards, shall develop and update best practices for county boards to:         (1)    Manage and maintain data privacy and security practices in the processing of student data and personally identifiable information across the county board’s information technology and records management systems;        (2)    Develop and implement:            (i)    A data privacy and security incident response plan;            (ii)    A breach notification plan; and            (iii)    Procedures and requirements for allowing access to student data and personally identifiable information for a legitimate research purpose; and        (3)    Publish information annually on:            (i)    Types of student data and personally identifiable information processed by the county board, the protocols for processing student data, and the rationales for selecting processing protocols;            (ii)    Contracted services that involve sharing student data between a county board and a school service contract provider; and            (iii)    Procedures and rationales for vetting and selecting Internet sites, services, and applications.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-2103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 21 - Student Data Governance|Section 7-2103 - Best Practices for Professional Development on Data Governance Policies and Procedures

    (a)    The Department, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology and county boards, shall develop and update best practices for professional development on data governance policies and procedures.    (b)    A county board may implement the best practices for professional development on data governance policies and procedures developed under subsection (a) of this section.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-2104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 21 - Student Data Governance|Section 7-2104 - Strategies to Coordinate and Assist Local Data Governance Staff; Employee to Manage and Maintain Program

    (a)    The Department shall develop strategies to coordinate and assist local data governance staff in the counties to implement best practices developed under § 7–2102 of this subtitle.    (b)    A county board may designate an employee to manage and maintain a data governance program in the county that meets the requirements of § 7–2102 of this subtitle.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  7-2105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 7 - Public Schools|Subtitle 21 - Student Data Governance|Section 7-2105 - Regulations

    The Department shall adopt regulations to implement the requirements of this subtitle.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Disadvantaged child” means a child who:        (1)    Because of environmental conditions, is not achieving at a level that is scholastically up to his potential abilities;        (2)    Has to compensate for his inability to profit from the normal educational program;        (3)    Is 3 years old or older and under 19 and has not graduated from high school;        (4)    Has the potential to complete successfully a regular educational program leading to graduation from a high school; and        (5)    Because of home and community environment, is subject to language, cultural, and economic disadvantages that make his completion of the regular program leading to graduation unlikely without special efforts by school authorities to provide stimulation of his potential in addition to the efforts involved in providing the regular educational programs.    (c)    “Program of compensatory education” means a program adopted by a county board for any of the grades prekindergarten through 12 that:        (1)    Is in the form required by this subtitle;        (2)    Supplements the regular educational programs of the county board;        (3)    Includes a plan for the identification of disadvantaged children; and        (4)    Has the purpose of providing stimulation of the intellectual abilities of disadvantaged children.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-102 - Establishment of Programs of Compensatory Education

    To the extent that funds are provided in the State budget or are available from other sources, the State Board may establish programs of compensatory education of the following types:         (1)    New or modified teacher training curricula to incorporate instruction in methods and techniques:            (i)    Developed by competent authorities; and            (ii)    Designed to enable teachers to identify and teach disadvantaged children effectively;        (2)    Research and consultative projects undertaken to assist State agencies and the county boards in carrying out their responsibilities under this subtitle; and        (3)    Evaluation, demonstration, and distribution of findings that are related to programs of compensatory education independently or in cooperation with any public or private agency or organization that engages in research and development designed to overcome disadvantage.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-103 - Duties of State Superintendent

    The State Superintendent shall:         (1)    Supervise and control each program of compensatory education provided in this State;        (2)    Take any action necessary to coordinate these programs;        (3)    Approve or disapprove, as may be appropriate, each county program application; and        (4)    Provide technical and consultative assistance to the county boards.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-104 - Guidance for County Boards

    (a)    The State Board shall establish standards to guide county boards in applying for:        (1)    Any State funds that are provided in the State budget specifically for the purposes of this subtitle; and        (2)    Funds provided under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.    (b)    These standards apply to the extent that they do not conflict with the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or regulations adopted under that Act.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-105 - Comprehensive Compensatory Education Plan

    Each county board that applies for State funds under this subtitle shall include a comprehensive compensatory education plan in its application that:         (1)    Emphasizes a preventive program aimed at disadvantaged or potentially disadvantaged children; and        (2)    Has as an ultimate goal:            (i)    Teaching disadvantaged or potentially disadvantaged children to read;            (ii)    Awakening their interest in learning;            (iii)    Giving them a sense of success in school achievement;            (iv)    Preventing their alienation from the school; and            (v)    Preventing their early departure from school.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-106 - Program Funds May Be Provided in State Budget

    State funds to assist in developing and implementing the programs authorized under this subtitle may be provided in the State budget.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 1 - Disadvantaged Children|Section 8-107 - Child May Participate in Other Programs

    A child who participates in a program of compensatory education under this subtitle also may participate in any other potentially beneficial program that is offered in the public schools or otherwise.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 2 - Gifted and Talented Students|Section 8-201 - "Gifted and Talented Student" Defined

    In this subtitle, “gifted and talented student” means an elementary or secondary student who is identified by professionally qualified individuals as:         (1)    Having outstanding talent and performing, or showing the potential for performing, at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared with other students of a similar age, experience, or environment;        (2)    Exhibiting high performance capability in intellectual, creative, or artistic areas;        (3)    Possessing an unusual leadership capacity; or        (4)    Excelling in specific academic fields.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 2 - Gifted and Talented Students|Section 8-202 - Statement of Policy

    The General Assembly finds that:         (1)    A gifted and talented student needs different services beyond those normally provided by the regular school program in order to develop the student’s potential; and        (2)    Gifted and talented students are to be found in youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 2 - Gifted and Talented Students|Section 8-203 - Development and Implementation of Programs

    The State Board shall encourage each county board to develop and implement programs for gifted and talented students.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 2 - Gifted and Talented Students|Section 8-204 - State Board to Support Programs

    To the extent funds are provided in the State budget or are available from other sources, the State Board shall provide guidance, consultative and technical assistance, and fiscal support for programs that include:         (1)    Teacher training to incorporate instruction in methods and techniques that are designed to enable teachers to identify and teach gifted and talented students;        (2)    Research undertaken to help develop new or modified curricula for gifted and talented students; and        (3)    Evaluation, demonstration, and distribution of findings that are related to programs for gifted and talented students.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-301 - "Blind Child" Defined

    In this subtitle, “blind child” means a child 6 years old or older and under 19 who has a visual impairment and because of that impairment cannot progress satisfactorily in an ordinary public or private school.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-302 - Education of Blind Children Required

    (a)    This section does not apply to a child whose physical condition makes the child’s instruction under this section inexpedient or impracticable.    (b)    Each blind child shall attend a school or classes for the blind during the school year unless the child otherwise is receiving regular, thorough instruction during the school year in studies usually taught in the public schools to children of the same age.    (c)    A superintendent or principal of a school for the blind or an individual authorized by a superintendent or principal may excuse a blind child for a necessary absence.    (d)    Each person who has a blind child under the person’s control shall see that the child attends school or receives instruction as required by this section.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-303 - Responsibility of Meeting Educational Needs of Blind Children

    The Department, each county board, and the Maryland School for the Blind shall work together to meet the educational needs of blind children.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-304 - Maryland School for the Blind -- Standards for Admission and Dismissal

    (a)    The Maryland School for the Blind shall adopt written standards for the admission and dismissal of students.    (b)    The standards and any amendments shall be submitted to the State Board for approval under § 2–206 of this article.    (c)    The State Board may require modifications to the standards as it considers necessary.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-305 - Maryland School for the Blind -- Review of Admission and Dismissal Decisions

    (a)    If the Maryland School for the Blind refuses to admit a child or dismisses a child, a parent or guardian of the child may make a written request to the Office of Administrative Hearings that a review be conducted to determine if the decision was appropriate.    (b)    A review shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of § 8–413 of this title.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-306 - Notice to Parents or Guardians of Availability of Programs Offered at the Maryland School for the Blind

    Each local education agency in the State shall notify the parents or guardians of each blind or visually impaired child, including children with multiple disabilities, of the availability of the educational programs offered by the Maryland School for the Blind.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-307 - School to Keep State Board Informed

    Under § 2–206 of this article, the Maryland School for the Blind shall keep the State Board fully informed as to the educational program and administrative policies of the schools under their jurisdiction.
MD. Education Code Ann. §  8-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Education|Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education|Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children|Subtitle 3 - Education of Blind Children|Section 8-308 - Maryland School for the Blind -- Uniform Pay Plan -- Recommendations by Board -- Incorporation Into Budget

    Teachers and any other professional personnel at the Maryland School for the Blind shall be paid an annual salary that is at least equal to the salary received by public school teachers and professional personnel of similar training and experience in Baltimore County.