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*hb0041*
HOUSE BILL 41
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HB 1529/25 – HRU (PRE–FILED) CF SB 40
By: Delegate McCaskill
Requested: October 27, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore County Board of Education – Alterations of Elected Member Districts 2
and Establishment of Redistricting Process 3
FOR the purpose of requiring certain members of the Baltimore County Board of Education 4
to be elected in a certain manner from certain districts in certain elections; requiring 5
the chair of the Baltimore County delegation to the General Assembly to introduce 6
legislation to reapportion certain school board districts in a certain manner after 7
each decennial census of the United States; and generally relating to elected member 8
districts for the Baltimore County Board of Education. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Education 11
Section 3–2B–01 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
BY adding to 15
Article – Education 16
Section 3–2B–11 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
Article – Education 22
3–2B–01. 23
(a) The Baltimore County Board of Education consists of: 24
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(1) Seven nonpartisan elected members; 1
(2) Four appointed members; and 2
(3) One student member. 3
(b) (1) Of the 11 elected and appointed members of the county board: 4
(i) 1. [One] BEFORE THE 2034 GENERAL ELECTION , ONE 5
member shall be elected from each of the seven councilmanic districts in the county, 6
established by the County Cou ncil of Baltimore County IN EXISTENCE ON OCTOBER 1, 7
2024, by the voters of that district; and 8
2. BEGINNING WITH THE 2034 GENERAL ELECTION, ONE 9
MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED FROM EACH OF THE SEVEN SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS 10
ESTABLISHED BY THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS DESCRIBED IN § 3–2B–11 OF THIS 11
SUBTITLE, BY THE VOTERS OF THAT DISTRICT; AND 12
(ii) Four members shall be appointed by the Governor from the 13
county at large. 14
(2) (i) The seven elected members shall be elected at a general election 15
in gubernatorial election years in accordance with § 3–2B–02 of this subtitle. 16
(ii) The four appointed members shall be appointed by the Governor 17
in presidential election years from a list of nominees submitted by the Baltimore County 18
School Board Nominating Commission as provided in § 3–2B–03 of this subtitle: 19
1. On the expiration of the term of an incumbent appointed 20
member within 30 days after the general election; or 21
2. Within the 30 –day period otherwise required under this 22
subtitle. 23
(3) (i) A member from a school board district shall be at least 21 years 24
old, a resident of that district for at least 2 years, and a registered voter of the county before 25
the election. 26
(ii) A member from a district who does not maintain residency in 27
that district may no t continue as a member of the county board and the office shall be 28
deemed vacant. 29
(iii) If the boundary line of a district is changed, the term of an 30
incumbent member of the county board who no longer resides in the district because of the 31
change is not affected during this term. 32
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(4) (i) A member may not be elected or appointed to serve on the county 1
board for more than three consecutive terms. 2
(ii) A member who has served three consecutive 4 –year terms may 3
not be elected or appointed to the county board until at least 4 years have elapsed since the 4
end of the member’s last term on the county board. 5
(5) During an election year: 6
(i) The Governor may not appoint as a member of the county board 7
an individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to the county board; and 8
(ii) An individual who files a certificate of candidacy for election to 9
the county board may not seek appointment to the county board by the Governor through 10
nomination by the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission. 11
3–2B–11. 12
(A) IN THIS SECTION, “SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT” MEANS THE GEOGRAPHIC 13
AREA OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FROM WHICH AN ELECTED MEMBER OF TH E 14
BALTIMORE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS ELECTED. 15
(B) (1) BEGINNING AFTER THE 2030 U.S. CENSUS, THE SCHOOL BOARD 16
DISTRICTS SHALL BE: 17
(I) REAPPORTIONED AFTER EACH DECENNIAL CENSUS OF THE 18
UNITED STATES; AND 19
(II) EFFECTIVE FOR EACH GE NERAL ELECTION WHERE A 20
MEMBER WILL BE ELECTED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DECENNIAL CENSUS. 21
(2) THE REAPPORTIONED SCHOOL BOARD DISTRIC TS UNDER THIS 22
SECTION SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN POPULATION. 23
(C) AFTER EACH DECENNIAL CENSUS, THE CHAIR OF THE BALTIMORE 24
COUNTY DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL INTROD UCE 25
LEGISLATION TO REAPPORTION THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS. 26
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 27
1, 2026. 28