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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Eligible Prekindergarten Provider Data Dashboard [HB-1530]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, the State Department of Education to maintain on its website a data dashboard with certain information regarding certain eligible prekindergarten providers in the State; requiring the Department to partner with a nonprofit organization that has experience in maintaining a data dashboard for child care providers; and requiring the Department to establish a process that allows an eligible prekindergarten provider to opt out of being included in the data dashboard.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aletheia McCaskill
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2025
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Public Schools - Commemorative Day - Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day [SB-1003]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Designating November 14 as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day to commemorate Ruby Bridges, who, on November 14, 1960, became the first African American student to integrate an all-while school in New Orleans, Louisiana; requiring each county board of education to develop and implement a program of education for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day; and requiring the State Department of Education to develop model content for a program of education for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program - Established [HB-1325]
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[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; providing that the purpose of the Program is to facilitate the continuous operation of child care facilities in the State by ensuring that qualified substitute child care providers are available to fill short-term staffing needs of child care facilities on a temporary basis; requiring the Department, for fiscal years 2027 through 2028, to award a grant of $50,000 to the nonprofit organization selected to administer the Program; etc
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Third Reading Passed (132-6) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
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[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1461]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Online Special Education System - Technical Requirements [HB-1383]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland State Department of Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Analysis and Report (Mixed Delivery Model Viability Act) [HB-1475]
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[Children and Youth ]
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Requiring the State Department of Education to convene a workgroup to conduct an analysis of the mixed delivery, publicly funded prekindergarten system established under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; and requiring the workgroup to submit a final report, by December 31, 2027, to the Accountability and Implementation Board and the General Assembly on any changes made by the Department in response to the recommendations in its interim report, and any additional recommendations for changes to the prekindergarten system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 374 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prekindergarten Savings Account Program - Establishment [HB-1326]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Prekindergarten 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 local funds for each education program in the resident school district for which the eligible student would be included in the enrollment count; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations [HB-1265]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the offenses that constitute "reportable offenses" that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment [HB-1254]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program in the State Department of Education to provide funding to eligible schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision of the child nutrition programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations [HB-1242]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on vision support treatments and services for students; requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2026; and requiring the Maryland State School Health Council to evaluate certain issues regarding vision and hearing difficulties in primary and secondary students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Appointed Members in Leadership Positions - Prohibition [HB-1252]
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Prohibiting appointed members of a county board of education from serving in certain leadership positions on the county board; requiring the State Department of Education to send a certain notice to a county board if the county board allows an appointed member to serve in a certain leadership position; and specifying certain penalties that may be imposed on a county board and an appointed member if the member continues to serve in a leadership position after receiving notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines and Professional Development [HB-1391]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees [HB-1483]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association to develop by September 1, 2025, and periodically update, a list of similar high school sports that are categorized together; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain high school sports officials for certain high school sports are provided equal pay; requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable With Amendments {763726/1 Adopted on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [HB-1447]
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[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program and share a teacher interest survey; requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prekindergarten - 3-Year-Olds - Private Providers (Parental Choice for Prekindergarten Act) [HB-1374]
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[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly provided prekindergarten to not include 3-year-olds and only include certain 4-year-olds; authorizing an eligible private prekindergarten provider to elect to enroll 3-year-olds in publicly provided prekindergarten; requiring an eligible private provider that elects to enroll a Tier I 3-year-old to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with the State Department of Education and the county board of education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Youth-Centric Technology and Social Media Resource Guide [HB-1316]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop and publish a youth-centric technology and social media resource guide by the 2027-2028 school year; requiring the guide to be distributed, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, to each public school and the parent teacher organization for each public school and posted on the websites of the Department and each county board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1245]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Teachers - Career Ladder Compensation and National Board Certification Study (Maryland Educator Stipend Reform Act) [HB-1430]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering certain salary increases for teachers on the career ladder to be annual stipends paid only in certain years; authorizing county boards of education to award a certain stipend to certain teachers on the career ladder based on a certain certification of the county board related to implementing the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; and requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a certain study regarding the efficacy of National Board Certification of teachers and submit its report by September 1, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Reporting Arrests of Students - Alterations [HB-1211]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency making an arrest of a student for a reportable offense or an offense related to the student's membership in a criminal organization to report the arrest to the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, the State Board of Education, and the State's Attorney; requiring the State's Attorney to notify the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, and the State Board of the disposition of the offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025