HB-2576: Relating to Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in public schools and the inclusion of an understanding of Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in the essential knowledge and skills for government under the social studies curriculum for public school students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Harrison
Read First Time on 03/17/2025
You have voted HB-2576: Relating to Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in public schools and the inclusion of an understanding of Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in the essential knowledge and skills for government under the social studies curriculum for public school students..
Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports - Workgroup and Study [HB-1305]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to convene a workgroup to study the effectiveness of the framework for community supports partnerships in meeting the needs of local school systems and equitable distribution of grant funding across the State; requiring the workgroup to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; and prohibiting the Consortium from awarding grants in fiscal year 2026.
HB-1305: Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports - Workgroup and Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1461]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
HB-1461: Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
State Board of Education - Online Special Education System - Technical Requirements [HB-1383]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations concerning minimum functional and technical requirements to ensure optimal performance of the State's online special education system, including the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan.
HB-1383: State Board of Education - Online Special Education System - Technical Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations [HB-1303]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to provide a pathway for individuals who are qualified to be child care teachers, but lack proof of necessary educational attainment, to attest to qualifying educational credentials to be a child care teacher teaching in a child care center.
HB-1303: Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Education - Public Schools - Asian American History Curriculum Requirement [HB-1323]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a unit of instruction on Asian American history in public schools in the State; requiring each county board of education to implement the Asian American history curriculum content standards in each public school in the county beginning in the 2026-2027 school year; and requiring each county superintendent of schools to ensure compliance with the Act.
HB-1323: Education - Public Schools - Asian American History Curriculum Requirement
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
County Boards of Education – Post College and Career Readiness Pathways – Payment of Costs [HB-1262]
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[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a county board of education to develop and establish income eligibility guidelines and procedures for payment of costs for a certain post college and career readiness (post-CCR) pathway, except under certain circumstances; and requiring a county board to provide access to the post-CCR pathway at no cost to the student or parents if the student's family income is below 400% of the federal poverty level.
HB-1262: County Boards of Education – Post College and Career Readiness Pathways – Payment of Costs
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines and Professional Development [HB-1391]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to develop and periodically update certain guidance on artificial intelligence; requiring the Department to promote training and workforce development in artificial intelligence; requiring the Career and Technical Education Committee and the CTE Skills Standards Advisory Committee to use the Department's guidance and, if necessary, consult with the Department before incorporating the use of artificial intelligence into certain CTE actions; etc.
HB-1391: Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines and Professional Development
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 03/17/2025
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1245]
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[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
HB-1245: Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
Accountability and Implementation Board - Scope of Authority [HB-1421]
[Education ]
Placing the Accountability and Implementation Board under the authority of the State Board of Education; altering the scope of authority of the Accountability and Implementation Board; requiring the State Board to review reporting requirements under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and submit a certain report; etc.
HB-1421: Accountability and Implementation Board - Scope of Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Task Force [SB-906]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education, to develop or update guidance on artificial intelligence for county boards of education; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to develop and update annually a list of approved artificial intelligence tools; requiring each county board to conduct an annual inventory of systems that employ artificial intelligence; etc.
SB-906: Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Task Force
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Education - Curriculum Standards - Requirements (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [SB-916]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring that certain curriculum guides and courses of study established by county boards of education be aligned with certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain content standards; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.
SB-916: Education - Curriculum Standards - Requirements (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [SB-852]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
SB-852: Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/05/2025
HB-708: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to the state board of education's subpoena power.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott E. Cepicky
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 376 on 05/13/2025
You have voted HB-708: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to the state board of education's subpoena power..
Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction [HB-1015]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, each public middle school and each public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education under certain circumstances; and requiring each county board of education and each public charter school to implement a certain public service campaign to raise awareness on sleep deprivation and later school start times.
HB-1015: Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025