Maryland State Board of Education

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The Maryland State Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body of the Maryland Department of Education.

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History

In 1812, Maryland state began to raise money for a Free School Fund by taxing the renewal of bank charters (Chapter 79, Acts of 1812), and in 1864 appointed Libertus Van Bokkelen as the first Maryland State Superintendent of Public Instruction. [1]

List of Maryland state superintendents of public instruction

Elections

Elections of the seats for the 24 school districts: 23 counties and Baltimore city, all of them have a regular term length of 4 years, they are held the same day of elections of United States presidential election in Maryland.

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References

  1. "State Department of Education - origin". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. March 11, 2022.