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MDSB981Intro
25%
Authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the Local Cybersecurity Support Fund; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide sufficient informati...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB772Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec...
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2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB847Intro
25%
Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
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2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB545Intro
25%
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...
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2024-02-01
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB643Intro
25%
Altering the eligibility requirements of the School Construction Revolving Loan Fund to include the Maryland School for the Blind.
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2024-02-01
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB724Intro
25%
Prohibiting certain persons from allowing pupils to stand in a school bus while the school bus is in motion; requiring that school buses purchased after October 1, 2024, be equipped with seat belts that are accessible to passengers; requiring school ...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB719Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from committing a felony against a victim who is a minor within 5 miles of certain locations; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony and punishable with imprisonment up to 15 years.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB721Intro
25%
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDHB789Intro
25%
Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for certain public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
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2024-01-31
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB837Intro
25%
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...
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2024-01-31
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB565Intro
25%
Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain Internet gaming licenses; requiring certain implementation legislation to include certain criteria and specifications; declari...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDHB515Intro
25%
Establishing 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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2024-01-26
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB717Intro
25%
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
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2024-01-26
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB719Intro
25%
Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, i...
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2024-01-26
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB56Intro
25%
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; ...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB200Intro
25%
Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requ...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB381Intro
25%
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions aga...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB432Intro
25%
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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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB426Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participatin...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB455Intro
25%
Prohibiting a county board from charging fees to certain students related to enrollment in or completion of The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program or a comparable program consisting of Advanced Placement courses specified by the College Boar...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB499Intro
25%
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologi...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB492Intro
25%
Requiring each county board of education to establish a policy to accommodate students who need to participate in telehealth appointments during the school day; requiring each public middle and high school to designate a space that meets certain requ...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB545Intro
25%
Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for all public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB566Intro
25%
Authorizing a county board of education to authorize a certain employee to transport a public school student in a vehicle if the driver meets certain requirements; and requiring, on or before December 31, 2024, the Career and Technical Education Comm...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB414Intro
25%
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 to the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age chi...
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2024-01-23
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB69Intro
25%
Authorizing the Community Development Administration in the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer a home buyer assistance program, a rental assistance program, and certain community development projects that assist certain sch...
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2024-01-22
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB365Intro
25%
Adding an adjustment for the local cost-share for school construction projections for certain counties under certain circumstances.
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2024-01-18
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB61Intro
25%
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from using an admissions application that contains questions about an applicant's disciplinary record, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing an institution of higher education to make inquiries ...
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2024-01-17
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB127Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, in collaboration with in collaboration with public safety agencies, the State Department of Education, local school systems, the University System of Maryland, and other public institutions of higher e...
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2024-01-17
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB82Intro
25%
Repealing a requirement that a county board of education provide certain post college and career readiness pathways at no cost to students who meet the college and career readiness standard.
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2024-01-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB71Intro
25%
Establishing the Holocaust Education Assistance Grant Program in the Maryland State Department of Education to assist local school systems with Holocaust education in public schools; authorizing a local school system to apply to the Department for a ...
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2024-01-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB206Intro
25%
Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and req...
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2024-01-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB213Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participatin...
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2024-01-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB157Intro
25%
Beginning in fiscal year 2026, increasing from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 an annual appropriation to the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems and local law enforcement agencies to assist in meeting an annual reporting requireme...
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2024-01-14
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB189Intro
25%
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop content standards for inclusive and diverse English language arts to be included in certain State standards for English language arts by December 1, 2025; requiring each county board of education to d...
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2024-01-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB64Intro
25%
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
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2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB110Intro
25%
Adding an adjustment for the local cost-share for school construction projections for certain counties under certain circumstances.
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2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB198Intro
25%
Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, i...
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2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDHB50Intro
25%
Establishing the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education to make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, and...
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2024-01-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB74Intro
25%
Establishing the Lifesaver Schools Program to recognize public schools that provide health and safety training to students and school personnel; requiring Lifesaver Schools to offer students, at a minimum, training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation an...
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2024-01-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
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