1. (a) The State Board may remove an elected or appointed member of the county board or a member appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in office for an elected or appointed member for any of the following reasons:

   1. (1) Immorality;
   2. (2) Misconduct in office;
   3. (3) Incompetency;
   4. (4) Willful neglect of duty; or
   5. (5) Failure to attend, without good cause, at least 75% of the scheduled meetings of the county board in any 1 calendar year.
2. (b) 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.

3. (c) If the member requests a hearing within the 10-day period:

   1. (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. (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.
4. (d) A member removed under this section has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

Added as Education § 3-2A-08 by Acts 2014, c. 480, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2014, c. 481, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014. Renumbered Education § 3-2B-08 by Acts 2017, c. 473, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017.