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On March 6, 1856, the forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College.Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert, a slaveowner, descendant of the Barons Baltimore, fervent believer in agricultural education, and a future U.S. Congressman, purchased 420 acres (1.7 km 2) of the Riversdale Plantation in College Park for $21,000.
The university is protected through the University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department. The UMB Police Department is a state- and nationally accredited police agency providing law enforcement services to the UMB campus and surrounding communities. [44]
The Maryland Department of Planning works with State and local government agencies to ensure comprehensive and integrated planning for the best use of Maryland's land and other resources. To local governments, the Department provides technical expertise, such as surveys, land use studies, and urban renewal plans.
Following legislation passed in the 2021 Maryland General Assembly Regular Session, the board of education will consist of 10 members following the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. The school board will have 1 at-large member, 2 members from each commissioner district (8 total), and 1 voting student member.
The Department of Education was established in 1979, and initially consisted of three boards of commissions: the state board of education, the state board for vocational education, and the state textbook. [2] Several changes to the structure occurred in the 1980s.
In 1920, the California State Legislature's Special Legislative Committee on Education conducted a comprehensive investigation of California's educational system. The Committee's final report, drafted by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, explained that the system's chaotic ad hoc development had resulted in the division of jurisdiction over education at the state level between 23 separate boards ...
The Maryland Department of Aging (MDoA) is an administrative department of the Maryland state government responsible for providing supportive services to older Marylanders, adults with disabilities, their families and their caregivers. [2] Since 2023, it has been led by Secretary Carmel Roques. [3] [4]
At that time, the school became a state institution of teaching under the Maryland State Department of Education and was redesignated as a Normal School No. 3. [4] [5] Shortly thereafter, in 1910, the school moved to the Jericho Farm, a 187-acre campus in Prince George's County. [4] [5] About 60 students lived in the old farmhouse. [3]