(a) (1) If there is a commission or agency with legal responsibility for county planning for land use, the county board shall:
(i) Consult with the commission or agency; and
(ii) Ask its advice in choosing land for a school site.
(2) The site shall conform as far as practicable to development plans for land use in the county.
(b) (1) If a county board gives preliminary approval of a school site, the county board shall hold a public hearing if:
(i) It considers it desirable;
(ii) 100 or more adult residents of the county petition in writing for a hearing; or
(iii) The county commissioners or county council asks for a hearing.
(2) The hearing shall be held on at least 10 days’ notice, published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, to give all interested persons an opportunity to present their views.
(3) Any petition by residents of the county shall be filed at the office of the county board within 15 days after the board gives preliminary approval of the site.
(4) If a hearing is held, minutes shall be kept and, after deliberation, the county board shall send the minutes of the hearing and its recommendation to the State Superintendent for use in making a decision on his approval of the site.
(5) A request for site approval may not be made to the State Superintendent by a county board until 15 days pass after its action recommending the site or, if a hearing is held, until after the hearing, whichever occurs last.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 4 - Local School Administration
Subtitle 1 - County Boards of Education
Section 4-101 - Control and Promotion of Education
Section 4-102 - County Superintendent
Section 4-103 - School Personnel
Section 4-105 - Comprehensive Liability Insurance; Defense of Sovereign Immunity
Section 4-106 - Immunity of County Board Employees, Volunteers, and Board Members
Section 4-107 - Meetings; Officers; Expenses
Section 4-108 - Duties in General
Section 4-109 - Establishment of Public Schools
Section 4-109.1 - School Redistricting Plan -- Testimony by Household Members of Changed Assignment
Section 4-110 - Innovative Regional School
Section 4-111 - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study; Study of Sign Language
Section 4-111.2 - Oral Health Education
Section 4-111.3 - Agriculture Science
Section 4-111.4 - Computer Science Course
Section 4-112 - Advisory Committees
Section 4-113 - School Census and Census of Handicapped Children
Section 4-113.1 - Census Tract and Block Numbers
Section 4-116 - Selection of School Sites; Public Hearing
Section 4-120 - Consolidation of Schools; Transportation of Students
Section 4-121 - Schools Near Boundary of Two Counties
Section 4-122 - Funding for Education of Children in Out-of-County Living Arrangements
Section 4-122.1 - Education of Child in Informal Kinship Care Relationship
Section 4-123 - Cooperative Administration of Programs
Section 4-124 - Drug-Free School Zones
Section 4-125 - Minority Business Enterprise Program in Prince George's County
Section 4-125.1 - Authority to Create Certified County-Based Business Participation Program
Section 4-126 - Alternative Financing Methods
Section 4-126.2 - Prince George's County Public-Private Partnership Fund
Section 4-127 - Recycling Program in Prince George's County
Section 4-128 - Employees Returning From Military Service
Section 4-129 - Employee Right to Engage in Political Activity
Section 4-130 - Rights to Student Work Product
Section 4-131 - Student Data Privacy
Section 4-132 - Food Recovery Program Authorized
Section 4-133 - Award of Credit to Middle School Students
Section 4-134 - Designation of Public Schools as Emergency Management Shelters
Section 4-135 - List of Names of Candidates for Vacancy of Elected Member of a County Board
Section 4-136 - Screenings and Interventions for Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties
Section 4-137 - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency