Section 9-503 – Board Members — Educator Member — Background of Members — Chair — Action by Board
(a) The Board consists of the following members: (1) the Secretary; (2) the Secretary of Higher Education; (3) the State Superintendent of Schools; (4) a representative of the Public School Superintendents’ Association of Maryland, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; (5) the Attorney General of the State, or the Attorney General’s designee; (6) one educator employed […]
Section 9-504 – Board to Oversee All Services to Juveniles in Residential Facility — Minimum Standards — Postsecondary Education Programs
(a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the Board shall oversee and approve all educational services to all juveniles who are in a residential facility. (b) The Board shall: (1) develop, recommend, and approve for every residential facility an educational training program that: (i) meets the special needs and circumstances of the juveniles in the residential facility; and (ii) is accredited by […]
Section 9-313 – Severability and Construction
Article XII. Severability and Construction. (a) The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of this Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
Section 9-314 – Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws
Article XIII. Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws. (a) (1) Nothing in this subtitle prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this Compact. (2) All compacting states’ laws other than state constitutions and other interstate compacts conflicting with this Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. […]
Section 9-401 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Juvenile facility” means a property used for a juvenile program that is: (1) operated under the authority of: (i) a county or municipal corporation, or both; (ii) a for profit organization; or (iii) a nonprofit organization; and (2) (i) wholly owned by the entity described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; […]
Section 9-402 – Grants
(a) A county, municipal corporation, for profit organization, or nonprofit organization sponsoring a project involving the planning, design, construction, conversion, acquisition, renovation, and equipping of a juvenile facility in the State may apply to the Department for a grant under this subtitle. (b) (1) An application shall be filed with the Department in the form the Department requires. […]
Section 9-403 – Allocation of Funds
(a) The Board of Public Works shall: (1) make allocations of funds available for the Juvenile Services Facilities Capital Program in accordance with this subtitle; and (2) certify the allocations to the Comptroller and the Treasurer. (b) After the Board certifies the allocations, the Treasurer shall make payments to or on behalf of an applicant, when needed, for the […]
Section 9-404 – Terms and Conditions of Grants
(a) (1) A State grant may be used only to plan, design, construct, convert, acquire, renovate, and equip a juvenile facility, including related reports, plans, specifications, site improvements, surveys, and programs. (2) Any available federal or other grant shall be applied first to the cost of planning, design, construction, conversion, acquisition, renovation, or equipping of a juvenile facility. […]
Section 9-405 – Notice of State’s Right of Recovery
(a) Before any State funds are paid for an approved project, the Department shall cause a notice of the State’s right of recovery to be recorded in the land records of the county in which the property is located. (b) The recording of the notice: (1) does not create a lien against the property; but (2) constitutes notice to […]
Section 9-406 – State’s Right of Recovery
(a) The State may recover grant funds paid under this subtitle if, within 30 years after completion of a project, the project property: (1) is sold or transferred to a person that: (i) would not qualify as an applicant under this subtitle; or (ii) the Board of Public Works does not approve as a transferee; or (2) ceases to be […]