| MD | HB86 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| MD | HB200 | Pass | Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 229 |
| MD | HB75 | Pass | Altering the definition of "institution of initial eligibility" to include community colleges as eligible institutions as part of the criteria for applicants for the Teacher Development and Retention Program; altering the evaluation requirements for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 |
| MD | HB151 | Pass | Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to fill a vacancy on the county board within 90 days after the vacancy occurs; authorizing the Board to choose not to fill a vacancy that occurs in an election year for a seat that is vacant; and requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162 |
| MD | HB4 | Pass | Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State funds from considering a legacy preference or donor preference as an eligible criterion for admissions standards at the institution; and allowing an institution of higher education to as... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 |
| MD | HB108 | Pass | Altering the annual compensation of certain nonstudent members of the Baltimore County Board of Education from $7,500 to $16,500; providing that the chair of the county board is entitled to receive $17,500 annually as compensation; and increasing the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 357 |
| MD | HB291 | Pass | Requiring county boards of education to post on the websites of certain local school systems hearing notices related to preliminary approval of a school site and advertisements for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 274 |
| MD | HB327 | Pass | Increasing by two members the membership of the Board of Community College Trustees for Anne Arundel County; and requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and ethnic representation of Anne Arundel County when making appointments to the Board. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 |
| MD | HB336 | Pass | Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 |
| MD | HB367 | Pass | Requiring on or before certain dates each community college to develop and implement a plan to provide students with access to over-the-counter contraception; requiring each community college to submit a certain report to the Maryland Higher Educatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 337 |
| MD | HB416 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researchi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 |
| MD | HB428 | Pass | Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the State Department of Educatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 |
| MD | HB475 | Pass | Establishing the Open-Source Phonics Matching Grant Program within the State Department of Education to provide free, open-source phonics learning materials to be used by adults to tutor students; requiring the Department to periodically review the o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270 |
| MD | HB472 | Pass | Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school and public charter scho... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 |
| MD | HB598 | Pass | Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 |
| MD | HB541 | Pass | Establishing the Anne Arundel County Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators to assist in the repayment of certain student loans owed by educators who meet certain eligibility requirements; providing that the purpose of the Program is... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364 |
| MD | HB569 | Pass | Requiring a public community college to consider a course or program for English as a second language or English language learner as eligible for world language or humanities credit toward an associate's degree if the course is not classified as reme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 |
| MD | HB495 | Pass | Requiring the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission to publish the names of the candidates for appointment to the Baltimore County Board of Education on the Commission's website before interviewing the candidates; requiring meetings of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| MD | HB522 | Pass | Requiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195 |
| MD | HB539 | Pass | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| MD | HB545 | Pass | Expanding the Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award within the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include public school nurses who are licensed as registered nurses, provide health services in public schools, and are empl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| MD | HB609 | Pass | Authorizing employees of public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in goo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 132 |
| MD | HB624 | Pass | Altering the administrator of the Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program to be the Maryland Higher Education Commission rather than the State Department of Education; and requiring the Department to assist the Commission with the review of appl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 197 |
| MD | HB607 | Pass | Establishing that applicants for a Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship are not subject to certain requirements of the scholarship application process if the applicant enrolls in a noncredit vocational certificate program, enrolls in a sequ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 |
| MD | HB838 | Pass | Establishing the Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program in the Prince George's County public school system; providing that the purpose of the Program is to increase the number of registered family child care providers, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 |
| MD | HB785 | Pass | Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 |
| MD | HB811 | Pass | Establishing the Financial Well-Being Pilot Program at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus and Morgan State University to provide comprehensive financial guidance and coaching to help students who may benefit from financial coaching servi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 |
| MD | HB821 | Pass | Establishing a Student Support Specialist Network consisting of certain school-based personnel at each public high school in Prince George's County; requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to develop a certain template using certain g... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303 |
| MD | HB971 | Pass | Authorizing the Washington County Board of Education to waive a certain eligibility requirement for participation in interscholastic athletics at a certain Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association member school for students who attend c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 |
| MD | HB945 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law that requires a teacher preparation program to require a student to pass a certain assessment as a graduation requirement; altering the requirements for initial teacher certification; authorizing a local school system to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 |
| MD | HB899 | Pass | Altering the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to make the scholarship applicable to all programs at institutions of higher education in the State; altering the maximum award available, when a scholarship ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223 |
| MD | HB903 | Pass | Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | HB901 | Pass | Allowing an applicant of a part-time senatorial or delegate scholarship with a documented disability to request from the Maryland Higher Education Commission a waiver from the requirement to carry at least 6 semester hours of courses each semester. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 |
| MD | HB902 | Pass | Authorizing a provider in the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program to receive certain State funds under certain circumstances; and exempting providers in the Program from certain State requirements for eligible prekindergarten providers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209 |
| MD | HB995 | Pass | Requiring that a member of the Washington County Board of Education be a resident of Washington County for at least 6 months and the State for at least 12 months immediately preceding the date the member takes office; and requiring members of the cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 367 |
| MD | HB1115 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a process for the uniform and timely reporting of certain county board of education budget information to a county governing body; requiring a county board to post certain budget information on the coun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 217 |
| MD | HB1167 | Pass | Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293 |
| MD | HB1157 | Pass | Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to admi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 228 |
| MD | HB1139 | Pass | Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program as a permanent program; and extending the appropriation that the Governor is required to make in the annual budget bill to the Program to fiscal year 2026. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 |
| MD | HB1082 | Pass | Requiring for each fiscal year each county board of education to provide $150,000 for the salary and benefits of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future implementation coordinator in the county; and requiring the implementation coordinator's salary and b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 336 |
| MD | HB1163 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education to ensure the State match amount for the Division is met as required by certain fede... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 |
| MD | HB1195 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education and Maryland Department of Health to develop guidelines to reduce the risk of exposure to anaphylactic major food allergens in child care settings; requiring the State Department of Education to create a ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 |
| MD | HB1219 | Pass | Requiring that each public middle school and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; requiring each nonpublic middle school and high school that receives Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163 |
| MD | HB1386 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other yea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 |
| MD | HB1409 | Pass | Altering the definition of "public school employee" to include supervisory noncertificated employees in Dorchester County for purposes of collective bargaining. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 381 |
| MD | HB1426 | Pass | Authorizing the State Department of Education to award funding for a new Judy Center or Family Support Center for planning and development under a certain circumstance; requiring the State Board to approve certain specifications for teachers and admi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 |
| MD | HB1441 | Pass | Altering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for funding to lease space for prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder; requiring the Department of Educ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 |
| MD | HB1397 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 |
| MD | HB1390 | Pass | Establishing that the State share of eligible costs for certain school construction projects that meet certain criteria is 100%; repealing the provision of law that would have repealed the School Safety Grant Program on June 30, 2026; reducing the ap... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| MD | HB1440 | Pass | Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, under certain circumstances, to publish on the website of the Howard County public school system a report that details the differences between the Howard County Superintendent of Schools' proposed capit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |