| MD | SB248 | Pass | Increasing, 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 56 |
| MD | SB232 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of the Public Employee Relations Act, including adding the definition of interested employee organization, altering the timing of exclusive representative access to new employees, clarifying the responsibilities of certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52 |
| MD | HB60 | Pass | Altering the definition of "disability" relating to the provision of rehabilitation services in the State to align with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and defining "disability" as any physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 36 |
| MD | HB144 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of the Public Employee Relations Act, including adding the definition of interested employee organization, altering the timing of exclusive representative access to new employees, clarifying the responsibilities of certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51 |
| MD | SB444 | Pass | Authorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to authorize the Center to send student information to the United States Census Bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 |
| MD | HB662 | Pass | Requiring that certain regulations governing the registration and operation of large family child care homes and the licensing and operation of child care centers require that child care teachers be at least 18 years old.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 37 |
| MD | HB634 | Pass | Authorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to authorize the Center to send student information to the United States Census Bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 63 |
| MD | HB825 | Pass | Increasing, 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 55 |
| MD | HB209 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB137 | Enroll
75% | Providing that a member of the administrative, educational, or support staff of any public, private, or parochial school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB500 | Enroll
75% | Altering the qualifications for an award from the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund to include a service obligation to work in an approved child care setting for at least 20 hours per week; requiring the Office of Child Care to prio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB581 | Enroll
75% | Altering the eligibility requirements of the School Construction Revolving Loan Fund to include the Maryland School for the Blind.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB838 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB1091 | Enroll
75% | Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding the provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year by students with certain individualized education programs and Section 504 plans; requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB1090 | Engross
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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1167 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1195 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1441 | Enroll
75% | Altering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for certain funding to lease space to provide prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder for eligible privat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB250 | Enroll
75% | Prohibiting a county public library from charging a minor a fine for overdue library materials; prohibiting a county public library from charging a minor a replacement fee for overdue library materials until 21 days after the date on which the librar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB434 | Enroll
75% | Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal years 2025 through 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB623 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1076 | Enroll
75% | Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year for students with individualized education programs and to coordinate with the Instructional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB33 | Enroll
75% | Requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing postsecondary education and provide a method for a student or a student's parent or guardia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB475 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Open-Source Phonics Matching Grant Program within the State Department of Education; requiring the Department to administer the Program; requiring the Governor each fiscal year to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB489 | Engross
50% | Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB609 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB738 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB837 | Engross
50% | Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform stu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB591 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB859 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-03
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB785 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-02
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1163 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-03-28
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB419 | Engross
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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB1035 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1254 | Engross
50% | Requiring certain individuals to submit to a criminal history records check before the individual is authorized to have a position involving direct contact with children in a licensed child care center, registered family child care home, or registere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1237 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1297 | Engross
50% | Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive study of the potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring the study to evaluate best practices for the safe, responsible, and ethical uses of artificial i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB951 | Intro
25% | Requiring each county board of education to post on the main page of its website a link to the voter registration webpage maintained on the website of the State Board of Elections or the local board of elections of that county and a certain statement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB536 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Correctional Services Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school students and individuals interested in changing careers opportunities to begin a career within correctional servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1453 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Foster Care Families Child Care Assistance Program in the State Department of Education to provide child care assistance through subsidies and scholarships to eligible foster care families; requiring the Department to establish a pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1463 | Intro
25% | Repealing the requirement that Baltimore City must provide a 25% match to receive State funds for certain operating expenses of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; requiring an appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund aging infrastructure construction and capi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB615 | Engross
50% | Specifying that provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing certain disruptive and threatening behavior on certain school grounds and property do not apply to students who commit offenses at the institution they attend or students who commit offense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB208 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a county public library from charging a fine for overdue library materials borrowed by a minor or intended for children or teens; prohibiting a county public library from charging a reserve fee for library materials reserved by a minor or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB791 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB1381 | Intro
25% | Altering the definition of prekindergarten enrollment for private prekindergarten providers; requiring the State Department of Education to forward fund the State and local share or provide a pay guarantee of not greater than 30 days for certain prek...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1385 | Intro
25% | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a resident early childhood teaching certificate and a conditional early childhood teaching certificate for teachers who meet certain criteria in eligible publicly funded prekindergarten program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1403 | Intro
25% | Altering the age of children in family child care homes and large family child care homes, from under the age of 2 years to under the age of 15 months, under which certain limitations on the number of children in care and certain adult to child ratio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1325 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB1163 | Intro
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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB704 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education; providing that the State shall deposit into an account of an eligible student a certain percentage of the per pupil amount of State and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
