SB-688: 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: Sen. Dawn White
Pub. Ch. 376 on 05/13/2025
You have voted SB-688: 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..
Education - Public Middle Schools - Course on Consequences of a Felony Murder Conviction [HB-993]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum standards and county boards of education to develop and implement a curriculum, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, for a course on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for public middle school students in the State.
HB-993: Education - Public Middle Schools - Course on Consequences of a Felony Murder Conviction
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
Student Service Hours - Financial Literacy Course [SB-715]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, to allow successful completion of eligible financial literacy courses to be applied toward fulfillment of the student service hours high school graduation requirement for the number of hours determined by the county board.
SB-715: Student Service Hours - Financial Literacy Course
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
State Board of Education - Membership - Educational Support and Administrator Members [HB-923]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include an educational support member who is actively working in a public school as a noncertificated, nonsupervisory public school employee and an administrator member that may be a principal, an assistant principal, or any other administrative level professional who is actively working in a public school; and providing for the qualifications, terms, powers, and elections of the new members.
HB-923: State Board of Education - Membership - Educational Support and Administrator Members
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2025
State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and Administrator Members [SB-712]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include an educational support member who is actively working in a public school as a noncertificated, nonsupervisory public school employee and an administrator member, that may be a principal, an assistant principal, or any other administrative level; and providing for the qualifications, terms, powers, and elections of the new members.
SB-712: State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and Administrator Members
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
Educational Institutions - Opioid Overdose-Reversing Medications - Policy Requirements (Protecting Our Kids From Overdoses Act) [HB-852]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education, county boards of education, and institutions of higher education in the State to update certain drug addiction and prevention education programs to include information on the mitigating effects of naloxone or other opioid overdose-reversing medication, authorized possession for a student, a member of the school's staff, or any lawfully present individual at the school or a school-sponsored event or activity, and immunity from liability.
Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education [HB-875]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
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 civics of the United States and Maryland and provide equitable learning outcomes consistent with certain provisions of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; etc.
HB-875: Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction [SB-468]
[Education ]
[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.
SB-468: Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional [HB-524]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Increasing the membership of the State Board of Education from 13 to 14 members to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council.
HB-524: State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional [SB-462]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Increasing the membership of the State Board of Education from 13 to 14 to include an early childhood development professional as a member; requiring the early childhood development professional to have extensive experience in the operations of a child care business, and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council.
SB-462: State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
Student Service Hours - Financial Literacy Course [HB-326]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, to allow successful completion of eligible financial literacy courses to be applied toward fulfillment of the student service hours high school graduation requirement for the number of hours determined by the county board.
HB-326: Student Service Hours - Financial Literacy Course
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine M. Forbes
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration [HB-150]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering a requirement that a child care center that has 20 or more children have in attendance a certain ratio, set by the Department, of staff to children who hold a certificate in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation under certain circumstances.
HB-150: Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 319 on 05/06/2025
State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal [HB-129]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing that the initial term of the principal member of the State Board begins July 1, 2026.
HB-129: State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025