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In 2009, the Maryland state public schools system was ranked #1 in the nation overall as a result of three separate, independent studies conducted by publications Education Week, Newsweek, and MGT of America. [13] [14] [15] "Education Week" has ranked Maryland public education #1 in the nation for two years in a row, since 2008.
In 1812, Maryland state began to raise money for a Free School Fund by taxing the renewal of bank charters (Chapter 79, Acts of 1812), and in 1864 appointed Libertus Van Bokkelen as the first Maryland State Superintendent of Public Instruction. [1]
In 1977, the Maryland General Assembly amended Section 3-901 of the Education Article of the Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland to create a seat for a student on the eight-member board of education with a one-year term. [34] [35] [36] From 1978 until 1982, a small representative assembly of students selected the student ...
The OAH was created in 1990 by legislation enacted in 1989 to provide impartial and independent administrative law judges to hear agency cases. [4] Prior to that, each Maryland agency conducted its own hearings, an administrative process that was criticized as the deciding officer was either an employee or member of the agency, creating the possibility of a lack of impartiality. [4]
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) oversees public school districts. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is the environmental protection agency. The Maryland Department of General Services (DGS) manages, operates, and maintains state property and acts as a primary procurement agency.
U.S. Department of Education Fact Sheet: Testing Action Plan; Maryland State Department of Education Testing Calendar 2018-19 Archived January 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [As Amended Through P.L. 116–94, Enacted December 20, 2019]" (PDF).
The agency currently known as the Maryland Department of Juvenile Service was originally created in the form of several training schools under the jurisdiction of the Maryland State Department of Education in 1922, transferred to the now-defunct Maryland Department of Public Welfare from 1943 to 1966, previously named as the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services from 1966 to 1969, reduced ...
The Association provides accreditation services for its member schools as well as support for professional and institutional development. It also organizes regional employment Fairs, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and it acts as a public advocate for the independence of its members from government regulation.