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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Education and Department of Information Technology - Evaluation on Artificial Intelligence in Public Schools [SB-704]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct an evaluation on the use and potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring that the evaluation consist of a survey of local school systems and a review of available systems that use artificial intelligence to assist with student learning; requiring the Department of Information Technology to assist the State Department of Education in performing its review; and requiring the Department to issue a final report on the results of the evaluation by December 15, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study [SB-770]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each local school system to provide crisis support to a public school when a teacher or other school employee with direct contact with minors is removed from the school due to alleged criminal activity or for student safety; requiring each county board of education to establish a crisis response team; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a workgroup to examine the impact of requiring applicants for certain positions to include information regarding the applicant's history of boundary-violating behavior; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program – Establishment [SB-769]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
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: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach [HB-859]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizations, to assess current levels of health care access across the child care community.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 679 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools [HB-879]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on practices to identify, prevent, and eliminate chronic absenteeism by students from schools in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 243 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers [SB-690]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [SB-673]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program; 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: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Qualifications [HB-888]
[Education ]
Altering the qualifications for an initial teacher certificate to include passing a portfolio-based assessment of a nationally accredited teacher preparation program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 337 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Student Health - Program for Student Dental Health - Established [HB-771]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to support and facilitate each county board of education in publishing certain information on student dental health on the school system's website and in student handbooks; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a program for student dental health that includes standards for recommended periodic dental examinations and information for students and parents on how to find dental insurance, lists of pediatric dentists in the State, and the importance of dental health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Fletcher Harrison
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools [HB-782]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to study how best to detect deadly weapons in public middle and high schools and how best to rapidly report the detection of weapons to a law enforcement agency; requiring the Center to request any available assessment technologies evaluated under the Act; and requiring the Center to issue an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on the findings of the study, in a manner that does not jeopardize school safety, by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach [SB-611]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, developed in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizations, to assess current levels of health care access across the child care community with particular emphasis on providers who accept child care scholarship vouchers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - High School Graduation Requirements - Financial Aid Application [SB-552]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring each public high school student, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the U.S. Department of Education or the Maryland State Financial Aid Application (MSFAA) to the Maryland Higher Education Commission, or a certain financial information form to a county board of education as a requirement for graduation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Juvenile Services Education Board - Alterations [HB-658]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education and the State Superintendent of Schools to select a designee to serve on the Juvenile Services Education Board; altering the terms of membership for the Board; and altering certain requirements for meetings of the Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers [HB-672]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to conduct an assessment of school health and wellness personnel each year; altering the membership of the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers; and requiring the Department and the State Department of Education to annually report to the General Assembly on the findings of the assessment beginning December 1, 2027, and publish the report on the website of each agency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 345 on 05/06/2025
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Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning [HB-694]
[Disabilities ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each local school system to identify in its regular safety evaluation issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain annual report instances in which a public school facility became inaccessible for a student with a disability in a manner that could impede evacuations or emergency response.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - High School Graduation Requirements - Financial Aid Application [HB-688]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Requiring each public high school student, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the U.S. Department of Education, the Maryland State Financial Aid Application (MSFAA) to the Maryland Higher Education Commission, or a certain financial information form to a county board of education as a requirement for graduation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Use of Reimbursement Funds by Schools [HB-689]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program to provide additional positions for providers, paid internships for students seeking to become providers, stipends for providers that are designed to address problems in provider recruitment and retention, and stipends for providers working in low-performing schools that are designed to address retention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Use of Reimbursement Funds by Schools [SB-506]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program to provide additional positions for providers, paid internships for students seeking to become providers, stipends designed to address problems in provider recruitment and retention, and stipends for providers working in low-performing schools designed to encourage provider recruitment and retention.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/05/2025
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Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Schools - Alterations [HB-583]
[Education ]
Requiring each county board of education to establish a virtual school; encouraging a county board that is unable to offer a virtual school on its own to collaborate with one or more other county boards to jointly establish a school; requiring that the criteria for enrollment in a virtual school established by the State Department of Education or a county board be reasonable and not unduly interfere with an applicant's ability to enroll in the virtual school; and providing that a certain outreach campaign be conducted equitably.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025