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§ 7-120. Classroom placement of multiple-birth children

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2010

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Education (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Elementary and Secondary Education [Titles 2-9.5] (Refs & Annos)
Title 7. Public Schools (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2010
MD Code, Education, § 7-120
§ 7-120. Classroom placement of multiple-birth children
Currentness
Multiple-birth children defined
(a) In this section, “multiple-birth children” means twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.
Application of section
(b) This section applies only to children entering kindergarten through second grade.
Placement requests by parents or guardians of multiple-birth children
(c)(1) The parent or guardian of multiple-birth children may request that the multiple-birth children or certain groups of the multiple-birth children be placed in the same classroom or separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school.
(2) The parent or guardian shall make the request in writing to the school principal within 14 days after:
(i) The first day of school; or
(ii) If the children were enrolled in the school after the school year has commenced, the first day of attendance of the children.
Duty of school to provide classroom placement requested by parent or guardian
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a school shall provide the classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian under subsection (c) of this section.
Placements resulting in classroom disruptions
(e) At the end of 30 days, if the principal of the school, in consultation with the teacher of each classroom in which the children are placed, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the principal may determine the appropriate classroom placement for the children.
Recommendations or professional advice given to parents or guardians
(f) The school may:
(1) Recommend to a parent or guardian the appropriate classroom placement for the multiple-birth children; or
(2) Provide professional educational advice to assist a parent or guardian regarding classroom placement for the multiple-birth children.
Adoption of automatic placement policy prohibited
(g) A county board may not adopt a classroom placement policy of automatically separating or placing together multiple-birth children.

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Added by Acts 2010, c. 401, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.
MD Code, Education, § 7-120, MD EDUC § 7-120
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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