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Delegation hears plan to preserve seven elected Baltimore County school board districts as council expands
Summary
Sen. Charles Sydnor told the Baltimore County House Delegation on March 21 that his bill would preserve seven elected school board districts and set up a decennial reapportionment process so school board districting is not forced to follow the county council’s expansion to nine seats.
Sen. Charles Sydnor told the Baltimore County House Delegation on March 21 that Senate Bill 656 would keep the Baltimore County Board of Education’s seven elected members and the existing hybrid structure (four appointed members and one student member) while separating school board districts from county council districts so the board’s elected districts remain stable after the county council expanded from seven to nine seats.
What the bill would do: Sydnor said SB656 would convert the current seven councilmanic districts into seven school board districts for the 2026 and 2030 elections, then require the school…
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