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MDSB180PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279
MDSB161PassAltering 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230
MDSB33PassRequiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring, when informing certain students about certain...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 281
MDSB114PassEstablishing a Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Calvert County Commissione...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237
MDSB170PassRequiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that requ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275
MDSB441PassExpanding the Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award within the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include school nurses who are licensed as registered nurses, provide health services in public schools, and are employed by...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251
MDSB451PassIncreasing the annual compensation of nonstudent members of the Baltimore County Board of Education who are not the chair of the county board from $7,500 to $16,500; providing that the chair of the county board is entitled to receive an annual compen...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358
MDSB540PassEstablishing 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 in the county, includin...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166
MDSB579PassRequiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on a cost estimate for providing free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State; and requiring the Department, as p...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191
MDSB592PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173
MDSB657PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365
MDSB654PassEstablishing a Student Support Specialist Network consisting of certain school-based personnel at each public high school in Prince George's County; requiring the County Board of Education to develop a certain template using certain guidelines on or ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304
MDSB737PassRequiring that a member of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees be a resident of Harford County for the duration of the member's term; altering the membership of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees so that all members are at la...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 276
MDSB797PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170
MDSB852PassRequiring that a member of the Washington County Board of Education be a resident of Washington County for at least 6 months and a resident of the State for at least 12 months immediately preceding the date the member takes office; and requiring memb...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368
MDSB771PassRepealing 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 ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187
MDSB937PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227
MDSB1026PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218
MDSB738PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130
MDSB1077PassAuthorizing local school systems to use certain funds for school security employees.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179
MDSB1042PassRequiring public schools in the State to notify students taking the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and parents or guardians of students taking the ASVAB of the option to prohibit the release of a student's ASVAB test scores to mil...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 320
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
MDSB366PassRepealing a certain exemption from certain reemployed retiree earnings offsets for certain retirees of the Employees' and Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems; repealing certain requirements that certain participating employers pay certain offset...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67
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)
MDSB1091Enroll
75%
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year by students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinat...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
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
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
MDSB165Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental ill...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
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
MDSB84Engross
50%
Establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Startup Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school and college students and career changers opportunities to begin a career in education; requiring a sponsor particpating in a teac...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
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
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
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
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
MDSB1152Intro
25%
Establishing the Frederick County School Construction Master Plan Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to comprehensively evaluate all school facility needs in the Frederick County Public Schools portfolio, explore and evaluate certain solutions, a...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1155Intro
25%
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools to study the use of public-private partnerships to reduce or increase the speed of school construction, the poten...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1156Intro
25%
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, in consultation with the Howard County Executive and the Howard County Council, to publish a model policy on or before January 1, 2025, concerning the inclusion and use of liquidated damages provisions ...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules 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
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
MDSB1130Intro
25%
Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to establish a system of public campaign financing for members of the county board of education.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1129Intro
25%
Authorizing the Howard County Council to adopt a ranked-choice voting method for elections for the Howard County Board of Education.
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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
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
MDSB851Intro
25%
Authorizing a county board of education to waive a certain eligibility requirement for participation in interscholastic athletics at a Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association member school for students who attend certain public high sc...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB980Intro
25%
Requiring public high schools to promote and increase the enrollment of certain students in high school computer science courses; requiring, beginning on or before June 1, 2025, the State Board of Education to update computer science content standard...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB979Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the AI Subcabinet of the Governor's Executive Council, to develop and update guidelines on artificial intelligence for county boards of education and to develop a pilot program to supp...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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