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Maryland Code, Human Services § 9-609

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Local public school employer” means a county board of education or the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.

(3) “Locally employed educational professional” means an individual who is employed by:

(i) a local public school employer in a position for which professional standards are established by the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board; or

(ii) a county public library system in the position of librarian or public library associate.

(b)(1) A locally employed educational professional who transfers to the Juvenile Services Education Program shall be given credit as a State employee for the individual's years of service as a locally employed educational professional for the purpose of establishing the individual's leave accrual rates.

(2)(i) Subject to subparagraph (ii)1 of this paragraph, a locally employed educational professional who transfers directly from a position with a local public school employer to the Juvenile Services Education Program with no period of intervening employment and no lapse in employment greater than 90 days shall receive accumulated leave in the amount verified by the individual's local public school employer as the individual's accumulated leave balances at the time the individual left the local public school employer and for which the individual was not otherwise compensated.

(ii) A locally employed educational professional who transfers to the Juvenile Services Education Program in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be:

1. entitled to transfer all leave balances, even if the balances exceed the amount of leave an employee of the Juvenile Services Education Program is authorized to retain; and

2. subject to the leave accumulation and carry over requirements that otherwise apply to State employees when the individual begins employment in the Juvenile Services Education Program.

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