Maryland Code, State Government § 2-1234

(a)(1) The Office shall conduct a performance evaluation of units of State government, in accordance with the work plan developed by the Director in consultation with the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee.

(2) An agency or a program may be evaluated separately or as part of a larger organizational unit of State government.

(3) In addition to the performance evaluations conducted under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Office:

(1) conduct an assessment or a scoping performance evaluation of a unit of State government in order to determine whether the unit should undergo a more comprehensive performance evaluation under this part; and

(2) based on the findings of the assessment or scoping preliminary evaluation conducted under item (1) of this subsection, waive the unit from a more comprehensive performance evaluation under this part.

(e)(1) If directed by the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, the Executive Director, the Director, or when otherwise required by law, the Office shall conduct a performance evaluation of a local school system.

(2) A performance evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be performed concurrently with or separately from an audit conducted by the Office of Legislative Audits in accordance with § 2-1220 of this subtitle.

(3) The Office shall provide information regarding the performance evaluation process to the local school system before the performance evaluation is conducted.