Delegate Carr Proposes Change to Process for Filling BOE Vacancies

Montgomery County Delegate Al Carr has proposed legislation that would provide that in the event of a vacancy on the Montgomery County Board of Education a special election would be held.  

Under current law, vacancies on the Board of Education are filled by the current Board members appointing a new Board member to fill the vacancy. 

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For the purpose of providing for the conduct of a special election to fill a vacancy for an elected member on the Montgomery County Board of Education; repealing the authority of the elected members of the county board to appoint an individual to fill a vacancy for an elected member on the county board; providing that, under certain circumstances, the special election shall be held concurrently with a regularly scheduled general election in the county; requiring the County Executive for Montgomery County to establish the date for the special election; providing that a local special election to fill a vacancy shall be conducted by mail if the proclamation of the chief executive officer or county executive of a charter county directs that the election be conducted by mail; and generally relating to a special election to fill a vacancy for an elected member of the Montgomery County Board of Education.

 http://www.montgomerycountydelegation.com/MC22-15.html