Maryland § 9-502

§ 9-502.

    (a)    There is a Juvenile Services Education Board within the Department.

    (b)    Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board is an independent unit within the Department.

    (c)    (1)    The Board shall be included as a unit within the Department for purposes of the Department’s annual operating budget.

        (2)    The programs overseen by the Board shall be included in the Board’s budget.

    (d)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following support services for the Board shall be provided by existing units in the Department and the cost of any necessary support provided to the Board should be included in the budgets of those units:

            (i)    information and technology services;

            (ii)    procurement services;

            (iii)    fiscal services;

            (iv)    capital planning and capital budgeting;

            (v)    human resources;

            (vi)    facility and office maintenance;

            (vii)    research and program evaluation; and

            (viii)    investigations and monitoring.

        (2)    (i)    The Superintendent shall have exclusive control of the day–to–day operation of juvenile education services.

            (ii)    Decisions on the provision of education, including decisions to hire, fire, and assign staff, shall be made exclusively by the Board or the Superintendent, subject to appropriations in the State budget, and the Department has no power to deny or modify an education decision made by the Board or the Superintendent.

    (e)    The Board and the Department shall, in accordance with this section, jointly negotiate a memorandum of understanding carefully delineating the duties of each in the provision of juvenile education services.