Appointed by Senate President: William C. Ferguson IV; Catherine E. Pugh.
Appointed by House Speaker: Aisha N. Braveboy; Jay Walker.
Representing Office of Attorney General: Karl A. Pothier
Representing Dept. of Juvenile Services: Molly Dugan
Representing Office of Public Defender: Jennifer Barman
Representing Maryland Association of Boards of Education: one vacancy
Representing Public School Superintendents Association of Maryland: William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D.
Ex officio: Diane M. Bailey, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Gary D. Maynard, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services.
Staff: Virginia L. Geckler
c/o Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention
Hampton Plaza, Suite 1105
300 East Joppa Road, Baltimore, MD 21286 - 3016
(410) 821-2855
e-mail: vgeckler@goccp-state-md.org
The Task Force charge is to study what fiscal impact high-school dropouts have on the criminal justice system, and the high-school dropout statistics of persons who have been incarcerated, arrested, or were processed through the criminal justice system. For this study, the Task Force obtains current statistical data from the Department of Juvenile Services on the percentage of young people served by the Department who have dropped out of high school, and statistics from the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation on adult dropouts. The Task Force then will recommend how to keep students in high school until graduation; continuing education options for persons who do not get a high school diploma while incarcerated; and how to inform these persons of alternative high-school education or work-related programs.
Authorization for the Task Force ends May 31, 2013.
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