§ 5-403. Performance evaluations of local school system.

MD Educ Code § 5-403 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    A local school system shall be subject to a performance evaluation conducted by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in accordance with § 2–1234 of the State Government Article, including:

(1)    An evaluation of whether or not the school system is complying with federal and State laws and regulations;

(2)    An analysis of grading standards, graduation requirements, assessments, procurement, and equitable use of resources among the schools within the system evaluated; and

(3)    An evaluation of instances of fraud, waste, and abuse.

(b)    A performance evaluation conducted under subsection (a) of this section may be performed concurrently with or separately from an audit conducted by the Office of Legislative Audits in accordance with § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.