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MDSB248PassIncreasing, from one member to two members, the number of public members from each area served by the participating library systems on the governing board for each regional resource center.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 56
MDSB210PassDelaying the effective date to January 1, 2030, of certain provisions of law that repeal the authority of paramedics to administer influenza and COVID-19 immunizations under certain circumstances.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75
MDSB122PassAltering the requirement that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline by instead requiring that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60
MDSB374PassProhibiting the State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board from requiring an applicant to provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a c...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 44
MDSB425PassClarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, su...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62
MDSB444PassAuthorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to authorize the Center to send student information to the United States Census Bureau.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64
MDSB707PassAdding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26
MDSB1188PassEstablishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; req...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3
MDSB590Intro
25%
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.
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
MDSB883Engross
50%
Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtu...
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2024-04-08
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Patterson and Fair)
MDSB1090Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB543Engross
50%
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...
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2024-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB492Engross
50%
Requiring 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 in public middle and high...
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2024-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1024Engross
50%
Requiring that each public middle and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; and requiring each public middle and high school to review and update the cardi...
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2024-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1141Engross
50%
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...
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2024-04-05
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB591Engross
50%
Authorizing employees of certain 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 engag...
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2024-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB101Engross
50%
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,500,000 to the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore; requiring the Schaefer Center, in consult...
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB432Engross
50%
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...
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB690Intro
25%
Defining "supervisory employee" to clarify provisions of law relating to collective bargaining rights for certain community college employees as an employee who is authorized to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, reward, or...
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2024-04-01
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB78Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB21Engross
50%
Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the current condition of public high school athletic and physical education facilities in the State and to report to the Governor and the General A...
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB419Engross
50%
Altering the fiscal years, from through 2025 to through 2028, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program.
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB762Engross
50%
Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program as a voluntary program in which local school systems may participate to recognize students and public schools that promote the civic readiness and civic engagement of students in public schools in th...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1058Engross
50%
Requiring county boards of education to establish curriculum guides and courses of study that are aligned with certain content standards developed by the State Department of Education, and requiring the State Board of Education to withhold certain fu...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1035Engross
50%
Requiring the State Board of Education to collaborate with the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee to develop and jointly approve a plan for career and technical education in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to admini...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1102Engross
50%
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; altering the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to con...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1145Engross
50%
Requiring law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys to notify schools of certain information when a child is arrested for a sexual offense in the third degree; prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic schoo...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB414Engross
50%
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 for the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age ch...
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB855Engross
50%
Requiring that certain numbers of members of the Board of License Commissioners for Washington County shall belong to certain political parties based on the aggregated number of votes in the preceding election of the Board of County Commissioners.
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB864Engross
50%
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an i...
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB892Engross
50%
Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on...
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB1022Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each perform certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the workforce needs in the State and wo...
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB407Intro
25%
Providing for a certain adjustment to the State share percentage for a community college or a regional community college capital project if the county's median household income is in the bottom quartile in the State and the State share percentage for...
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2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB856Intro
25%
Providing for a waiver from minimum school funding requirements for schools with fewer than 300 students.
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2024-03-07
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB828Intro
25%
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw under extenuating circumstances and reimburse the student for tuition and fees paid for the semester in which the student withdraws under certa...
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2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1179Intro
25%
Authorizing the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to amend certain policies and procedures governing procurements by the University System in a certain manner; and providing that the University System, Morgan State University, and...
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2024-02-20
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB698Intro
25%
Altering the scope of authority of the Accountability and Implementation Board regarding conflicts between a decision or policy of the Board and another entity responsible for implementing an element of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB749Intro
25%
Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include a nonpublic secondary school student and a home school student so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College Access Grant.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1163Intro
25%
Prohibiting the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in certain counties unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the school bus stop.
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB598Intro
25%
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing for the initial term of the principal member of the State Board.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB612Intro
25%
Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide services to students.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB638Intro
25%
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, to allow completion of an eligible financial literacy courses to be applied toward fulfillment of the student service hours high school graduation requirement for the ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1089Intro
25%
Requiring certain operators of certain Internet sites, services, and applications to protect certain school employee information from unauthorized access, implement and maintain security procedures and practices, and delete school employee informatio...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB909Intro
25%
Authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to establish a pilot program to operate one or more schools within the county using an innovative scheduling model including extended year, year-round school, or a 4-day school week; authorizing ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1132Intro
25%
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...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1131Intro
25%
Altering the terms of the members of the Howard County Board of Education; and establishing the Howard County Board of Education Compensation Commission.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB637Intro
25%
Altering, from 3 years to 1 year, the number of years an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB741Intro
25%
Requiring each public senior higher education institution to adopt a policy regarding pregnant and parenting students using certain guidelines; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the policy on the institution's webs...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB756Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Department of Education, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, to review and promulgate guidelines on the state of physical secu...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB745Intro
25%
Increasing the number of Maryland residents from 30 to 42 in the student body of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, contingent on certain agreements.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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