Maryland’s Title I Committee of Practitioners (COP)

​From SEC. 1603. [20 U.S.C. 6573] STATE ADMINISTRATION of Programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as reauthorized under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Maryland's Title I Committee of Practitioners (COP) Documents

Committee of Practitioners

1.    In General

Each State educational agency that receives funds under this title shall create a State committee of practitioners to advise the State in carrying out its responsibilities under this title.

2.    Membership
Each such committee shall include —

  1. as a majority of its members, representatives from local educational agencies;

  2. administrators, including the administrators of programs described in other parts of this title;

  3. teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools (if there are charter schools in the State) and career and technical educators;

  4. principals and other school leaders;

  5. parents;

  6. members of local school boards;

  7. representatives of private school children;

  8. specialized instructional support personnel and paraprofessionals;

  9. representatives of authorized public chartering agencies (if there are charter schools in the State); and

  10. charter school leaders (if there are charter schools in the State).


3.    Duties

The duties of such committee shall include a review, before publication, of any proposed or final State rule or regulation pursuant to this title. In an emergency situation where such rule or regulation must be issued within a very limited time to assist local educational agencies with the operation of the program under this title, the State educational agency may issue a regulation without prior consultation, but shall immediately thereafter convene the State committee of practitioners to review the emergency regulation before issuance in final form.


Contact:

Barbara Scherr
Coordinator, Parent and Family Engagement and Title I Specialist, Office of School Improvement and Supports
Office: (410) 767-0291
barbara.scherr@maryland.gov