1. (a) The Carroll County Board consists of:

   1. (1) Five voting members;
   2. (2) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, one nonvoting student representative; and
   3. (3) The County Commissioners, who are nonvoting ex officio members.
2. (b) A candidate elected to the county board shall be a resident and registered voter of Carroll County. Any member who no longer resides in Carroll County may not continue as a member of the board.

3. (c)

   1. (1) Voting members of the Carroll County Board shall be elected as follows:

      1. (i) Two members of the board shall be elected in the November general election of 1994 and every 4 years thereafter;
      2. (ii) Two members of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1996 and every 4 years thereafter; and
      3. (iii) One member of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1998 and every 4 years thereafter.

   2. (2) Voting members of the county board shall be elected:

      1. (i) At a general election as required by this section; and
      2. (ii) On a general countywide ticket.

4. (d)

   1. (1) Each voting member serves for a term of 4 years beginning the first Monday in December immediately following the voting member's election and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The terms of the voting members are staggered as required for the elections to the county board in subsection (c)(1) of this section.
   2. (2) A voting member may not serve for more than two consecutive terms.
   3. (3) The Governor shall appoint a new voting member to fill any vacancy on the board for the remainder of that term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
   4. (4) A voting member of the county board as of October 1, 1993, and any voting member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term of such member, shall hold office during his term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

5. (e)

   1. (1) The State Board may remove a voting member of the county board for:

      1. (i) Immorality;
      2. (ii) Misconduct in office;
      3. (iii) Incompetency; or
      4. (iv) Willful neglect of duty.
   2. (2) Before removing a voting member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against him and give him an opportunity within 10 days to request a hearing.

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

      1. (i) 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. (ii) The voting member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in his own defense, in person or by counsel.
   4. (4) A voting member removed under this subsection has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Carroll County.

6. (f)

   1. (1) The student representative shall:

      1. (i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Carroll County public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the school system;
      2. (ii) Be a student government association representative at the student's high school;
      3. (iii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the student representative; and
      4. (iv) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students in Carroll County public schools.
   2. (2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county board, the student representative may not attend an executive session of the county board.

Added as Education § 3-301 by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 338; Acts 1993, c. 167. Renumbered as Education § 3-401 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 425, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2009, c. 404, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2013, c. 466, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 467, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2016, c. 301, § 1, eff. Dec. 30, 2016.