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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements [HB-1386]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/25/2024
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Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Payments to Private Providers and Building Use [HB-1381]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Altering the definition of prekindergarten enrollment for private prekindergarten providers; requiring the State Department of Education to forward fund the State and local share or provide a pay guarantee of not greater than 30 days for certain prekindergarten funding; authorizing a county board of education and an eligible private prekindergarten provider to utilize certain spaces for prekindergarten; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa E. Reilly
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Early Childhood Education - Prekindergarten Providers - Resident and Conditional Teaching Certificates [HB-1385]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a resident early childhood teaching certificate and a conditional early childhood teaching certificate for teachers who meet certain criteria in eligible publicly funded prekindergarten programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1426]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the State Department of Education to award funding for a new Judy Center or Family Support Center for planning and development under a certain circumstance; requiring the State Board to approve certain specifications for teachers and administrators relating to time spent in the classroom and time spent on other teacher activities; altering certain requirements relating to student-to-classroom personnel ratios and funding timelines for the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 164 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations [HB-1441]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for funding to lease space for prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder; requiring the Department of Education to establish prekindergarten provider hubs; requiring the Department to distribute a list of eligible private prekindergarten providers; requiring the Governor to appropriate in fiscal year 2026 an amount that is at least equal to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Teachers - Retention and Support Policies, Guidelines, and Training [HB-1326]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to adopt a new teacher retention policy; altering the content required to be included in certain teacher support and retention guidelines developed by the State Board of Education; and altering the content required to be included in a certain school leadership training program developed by the State Department of Education and the Accountability and Implementation Board by reviewing the benefits to students from access to diverse, high quality teachers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/09/2024
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Education - Community Schools - Report [HB-1415]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to submit a report on community schools to the State Department of Education on or before December 1, 2024; and requiring the Department to submit a report summarizing the reports received from county boards to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Prekindergarten and Withholding of County Board Funding (Blueprint Accountability and Flexibility Act of 2024) [HB-1432]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Altering certain dates related to the family share for Tier II children in publicly funded prekindergarten; altering certain dates related to the proportion of eligible private provider prekindergarten slots; repealing the authorization for the State Department of Education to exclude by annual waiver Tier I children who are 4 years old from a certain prekindergarten slot calculation; establishing a process for the Accountability and Implementation Board to withhold certain funding from a county board under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
First Reading Appropriations And Ways And Means on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Foster Care Families Child Care Assistance Program and Fund - Establishment [HB-1453]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Foster Care Families Child Care Assistance Program in the State Department of Education to provide child care assistance through subsidies and scholarships to eligible foster care families; requiring the Department to establish a process that meets certain requirements for granting subsidies and scholarships to foster care families under the Program; and establishing the Foster Care Families Child Care Assistance Fund to be used only to award a subsidy under the Program to provide assistance to certain foster care families.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
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Public Schools - Public School Construction - Funding and Administration [HB-1390]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that the State share of eligible costs for certain school construction projects that meet certain criteria is 100%; repealing the provision of law that would have repealed the School Safety Grant Program on June 30, 2026; reducing the appropriation for the Nancy K. Kopp Public School Facilities Priority Fund to $70,000,000 annually beginning in fiscal 2027; altering the uses of the Fund, giving the highest priority to schools with a severe facility issue; establishing the Workgroup on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin M. Harris
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 354 on 04/25/2024
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Education - Artificial Intelligence - Study and Regulations [HB-1297]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive study of the potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring the study to evaluate best practices for the safe, responsible, and ethical uses of artificial intelligence, including practices that protect the personal information of students and school personnel; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, and to adopt regulations based on the study by June 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Third Reading Passed (133-6) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
School Leadership Training Program - Alterations [HB-1287]
[Education ]
Altering the school leadership training program developed by the State Department of Education and the Accountability and Implementation Board to require that the State Superintendent, county superintendents, and the chair and vice chair of the State Board, a county board, and the Accountability and Implementation Board complete the training; combining two leadership trainings into a single training; and providing for the content of the school leadership training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [HB-1401]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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 psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Child Care Providers - Anaphylactic Food Allergies - Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah's Law) [HB-1195]
[Healthcare ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the State Department of Education and Maryland Department of Health to develop guidelines to reduce the risk of exposure to anaphylactic major food allergens in child care settings; requiring the State Department of Education to create a certain model policy; requiring certain large family child care homes and child care centers to adopt a policy to reduce the risk of exposure to anaphylactic major food allergens; and providing that certain child care providers and employees are immune from civil liability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 273 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission on Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Child Care for Children Three Years Old and Younger [HB-1261]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Commission on Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Child Care for Children Three Years Old and Younger to study implementing universal access to high-quality early childhood education and child care for children 3 years old and younger; and requiring the Commission, on or before October 1, 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/09/2024
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Prince George's County - Income Tax Credit for Parent and Guardian Volunteers in Elementary and Secondary Schools PG 411-24 [HB-1246]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in certain schools in Prince George's County 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, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain application and tax credit certificate; requiring a certain county board member or school administrator to issue tax credit certificates in a certain manner; making the credit refundable; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2024
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Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan [HB-1257]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, a comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; requiring a county board of education to use the comprehensive plan if the county board chooses to establish a Restorative Practices School; and requiring the Department to report by December 1, 2025, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices in Schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/18/2024
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Child Care Providers - Criminal History Records Checks and Abuse and Neglect Clearances - Requirements [HB-1254]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring certain individuals to submit to a criminal history records check before the individual is authorized to have a position involving direct contact with children in a licensed child care center, registered family child care home, or registered large family child care home, subject to the availability of existing resources; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a dedicated unit to process certain criminal history records checks, subject to the availability of existing resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-1191]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers under certain circumstances; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Education – Curriculum Standards – Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [HB-1181]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop certain curriculum standards and curriculum resources on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the State Department of Education to revise and enhance certain history and social studies frameworks to include certain instruction; requiring all public schools and certain nonpublic schools to include the revised and enhanced instruction in school curricula beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024