2018 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 3 - Establishment of County Boards of Education
Subtitle 13A - Wicomico County.
§ 3-13A-05. Removal.
(a) Grounds. -- The State Board may remove an elected or appointed member of the county board for any of the following reasons:
(1) Immorality;
(2) Misconduct in office;
(3) Incompetency;
(4) Willful neglect of duty; or
(5) Failure to attend, without good cause, at least 75% of the scheduled meetings of the county board in any 1 calendar year.
(b) Copy of charges. -- Before removing a member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against the member and give the member an opportunity to request a hearing within 10 days.
(c) Hearing. -- If the member requests a hearing within the 10-day period:
(1) The State Board promptly shall hold a hearing, but a hearing may not be set within 10 days after the State Board sends the member a notice of the hearing; and
(2) The member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in the member's own defense in person or by counsel.
(d) Review. -- A member removed under this section has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Wicomico County.