The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their government shall be observed by the local board of education. A motion or resolution may not be declared adopted without the concurrence of a majority of the whole board; namely: three members when the board consists of five, four members when the board consists of six or seven, and five members when the board consists of eight or nine.

Authority: Education Article, §§2-205, 4-101, 4-105, 4-106, 5-101, 5-109, and 7-103, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 27, 1971

Regulation .02B adopted effective October 21, 1978 (5:21 Md. R. 1589)

Regulation .03B amended effective July 1, 1987 (14:10 Md. R. 1172)

Regulation .03E amended effective March 30, 1977 (4:7 Md. R. 580); June 15, 1979 (6:12 Md. R. 1052); May 2, 1980 (7:9 Md. R. 848); August 30, 1982 (9:17 Md. R. 1709)

Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3130)

Regulation .01 amended effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)

Regulation .02C amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1786); November 2, 1998 (25:22 Md. R. 1652); October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1592)

Regulation .03B amended effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1385)

Regulation .04 amended effective September 24, 2018 (45:19 Md. R. 865)

Regulation .04C amended effective September 25, 2017 (44:19 Md. R. 898)