2018 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 6 - Teachers and Other Personnel
Subtitle 1 - Personnel Matters
§ 6-102. Classes of teachers' certificates
(a) Two classes. -- Teachers' certificates shall be of two classes:
(1) First class; and
(2) Second class.
(b) Certificates to be second class when issued. -- Each teacher's certificate issued by the State Superintendent shall be second class when issued.
(c) County superintendents to classify certificates. -- Each county superintendent shall classify the certificate of each teacher employed by the school system of the superintendent's county at least once every 2 years.
(d) Standards for classification. -- In determining the class of the certificate of a teacher, the county superintendent shall consider:
(1) Scholarship;
(2) Executive ability;
(3) Personality; and
(4) Teaching efficiency.
(e) Records. -- Each county superintendent shall keep a record of the kind, grade, and class of certificate held by each teacher employed by the school system of the superintendent's county.
