Maryland Senate Bill 853 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the State Department of Education to establish the Voluntary Ethical Special Education Advocate Certificate Program on or before July 1, 2021, for administration of a voluntary certificate program for ethical special education advocates; specifying qualifications and application procedures for a certificate; requiring the Department to issue a certificate to a certain applicant; authorizing an applicant to petition for judicial review of a decision of the Department that relates to issuing or renewing a certificate; etc.

Education - Voluntary Ethical Special Education Advocate Certificate Program

Sen. Obie Patterson [D]

Sen. Joanne Benson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

SB853 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1595 (Crossfiled) 2020-02-14 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	8	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0853?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0853f.pdf