1. A. The provisions of this chapter reflect the minimum elements that shall be addressed by board of education regulations in order for the Commission to view the regulations as:

   1. (1) Similar or substantially similar to the Public Ethics Law; and
   2. (2) For members of the school board and candidates to be members of the school board, at least equivalent to the requirements of General Provisions Article, Title 5, Subtitles 5 and 6, Annotated Code of Maryland.
2. B. A board of education may adopt regulations more stringent than General Provisions Article, Title 5, Subtitles 5 and 6, Annotated Code of Maryland, based on local circumstances and where more stringent provisions are necessary to prevent conflicts of interest in that school system.

Authority: General Provisions Article, §§5-205 and 5-206 and Title 5, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 24, 1983 (10:21 Md. R. 1903)

Regulation .02A amended effective April 13, 1992 (19:7 Md. R. 746)

Regulation .04C amended effective April 13, 1992 (19:7 Md. R. 746)

Regulations .01—.06 repealed and new Regulations .01—.06 adopted effective April 18, 2011 (38:8 Md. R. 509)

Regulation .04H amended effective July 17, 2017 (44:14 Md. R. 656)

Regulation .04I repealed effective January 16, 2017 (44:1 Md. R. 12)

Regulation .06A amended effective January 16, 2017 (44:1 Md. R. 12)

Appendix A, Section 3 amended effective July 17, 2017 (44:14 Md. R. 656)

Appendix B, Section 1 amended effective July 17, 2017 (44:14 Md. R. 656)