Thomas R. Hendershot, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor)
Appointed by Governor: Barbara Abramson; Judy Berman; Debbie Bostian; Kandace Chase; Harriett Ghee; Beatrice B. Gordon; Judy Hendrickson; Gloria Horneff; Lorretta Johnson; Marcella Kehr; Robert Lazarewicz; Lawrence E. Leak, Ph.D.; Ann Lytle; Sandra Marx; Sarah Matisick; Judith Perkins; Gail Riley; Jean Sax; Rosemary Wolfe.
Appointed by Senate President: Michael J. Collins; David R. Craig.
Appointed by House Speaker: Salima S. Marriott; Betty Workman.
Staff: Renee M. Spence
c/o State Superintendent of Schools
State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-0468
The Task Force on Educational Assistants and Paraprofessionals in the Public Schools of Maryland was created in 1996 (Chapter 332, Acts of 1996). The Task Force reviewed how county boards of education use educational assistants and paraprofessionals in their schools. As charged, it considered entry-level standards; training and experience; development of an entrance exam; professional licensing; career ladders; and other significant issues concerning educational assistants and paraprofessionals. Task Force recommendations were reported to the Governor and General Assembly in December 1996.
The Task Force had twenty-four members. The Governor chose the chair. To serve on the Task Force, the Senate President appointed two senators, and the House Speaker selected two delegates. The remaining members represented teachers; educational assistants and paraprofessionals; special education administrators; the State Department of Education; the Maryland Higher Education Commission; the Maryland Association of Boards of Education; the Public School Superintendents Association of Maryland; the Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.; the Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and the Maryland Association of Community Colleges.
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