Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2B - Baltimore County
Section 3-2B-10 - School Shared Space Council

(a)    There is a School Shared Space Council in Baltimore County consisting of 12 employees of the county appointed by the County Executive for a term coterminous with that of the county board as follows:
        (1)    Two from the staff of the county board;
        (2)    Two from the County Executive’s administrative staff, one of whom shall be the Director of Central Services;
        (3)    One from the Department of Social Services;
        (4)    One from the Department of Recreation and Parks;
        (5)    One from the Department of Aging;
        (6)    One from the Health Department;
        (7)    One from the county community colleges, subject to the following conditions:
            (i)    Representation shall be determined on a rotating basis by alphabetical order by community college name; and
            (ii)    Each such member shall serve for 1 year;
        (8)    One from the Department of Juvenile Services;
        (9)    One from the county public libraries; and
        (10)    One from the Department of Planning.
    (b)    A county employee Council member who does not maintain his employment in the county shall be replaced.
    (c)    In addition to the county employee members, there shall be eight county citizens selected as members of the Council as follows and with the following duties:
        (1)    The county citizen members shall be selected by the County Executive. One member shall be selected from each legislative district of Baltimore County with the approval of the State Senator from that district. Each legislative district representative shall reside in that district;
        (2)    Each member shall be selected to serve a 2–year term;
        (3)    A citizen member shall be entitled to attend and vote at a Council session where an issue before the Council concerns the school or schools in the citizen member’s respective district; and
        (4)    When the Council meets to consider countywide issues, all selected citizen members shall be entitled to attend such sessions and vote.
    (d)    The Council shall:
        (1)    Meet as needed 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 and the County Executive at least twice during the school year.
    (e)    The County Executive may, by executive order, appoint up to two additional members to the Council from agencies of the county government.