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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Behavior Intervention Plans - Physical Restraint and Seclusion [HB-331]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public agency and a nonpublic school from using physical restraint except under specified circumstances; prohibiting a public agency and a nonpublic school from using seclusion except under specified circumstances; requiring a public agency or a nonpublic school that uses seclusion to take specified actions; requiring schools to report to the State Department of Education on or before December 1 each year specified information relating to physical restraint and seclusion incidents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Education - Specialized Intervention Services - Reports [HB-286]
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[Children and Youth ]
Requiring county boards of education, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, to report information on the provision of specialized intervention services to the State Department of Education and the General Assembly by July 30 each year; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with county boards, representatives of advocacy groups, parents, and educators, to establish specified guidelines; requiring county boards and the Department to publish annually specified information on their Web sites; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Rereferred To Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/10/2017
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Education - Summer Meals Expansion Grant Program - Established [HB-273]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Summer Meals Expansion Grant Program; providing the purpose of the program is to provide funds to sponsors to increase the number of children and the number of meals served through the Summer Food Service Program; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program; authorizing specified uses of funds in the Program; requiring a sponsor that has received a specified grant in a specified year to continue to receive the grant subject to specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2017
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Environment - Testing for Lead in Drinking Water - Public and Nonpublic Schools [HB-270]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, to adopt regulations, under specified circumstances, to require periodic testing for the presence of lead in drinking water outlets in occupied public or nonpublic school buildings; requiring the Department of the Environment, before adopting regulations, to gather specified information regarding the establishment of lead-free school environments; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 386 on 05/04/2017
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Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) School Act of 2017 [SB-319]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) School Program; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to administer the Program; requiring P-TECH students to be included in the full-time equivalent enrollment calculation; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Commission, to submit an analysis of the Program's success in preparing students for the workforce or for additional education; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 591 on 05/25/2017
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State Department of Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Funding (Free School Meals for Students From Low- and Middle-Income Families Act) [HB-288]
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[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Repealing the requirement that the State Board of Education adopt and publish standards for the administration of a subsidized feeding program; requiring the State to be responsible for the student share of the costs of specified meals; prohibiting a county board from charging students eligible for a reduced price breakfast or lunch for any portion of the cost of a meal; altering the calculation for the reimbursement for specified meals to specified county boards of education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2017
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Child Care Subsidy Program - Alternative Methodology - Report [SB-293]
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Requiring the State Department of Education to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2017, on methodologies to set child care subsidy reimbursement rates in the Child Care Subsidy Program; and requiring the report to contain specified information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 740 on 05/25/2017
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Child Care Subsidy Program - Reimbursement Rate Adjustments [SB-294]
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Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a specified analysis regarding the Child Care Subsidy Program beginning in 2017 and every 2 years thereafter; requiring the Department to consult with specified entities before conducting a specified analysis; and requiring the Department to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2017, and by September 1 every 2 years thereafter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 210 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers [SB-233]
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[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Transferring the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers from the State Department of Education to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to provide staff support for the Council; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of organizations with expertise in school-based health care or specified other matters to provide additional staffing resources to the Commission and the Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard S Madaleno
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2018
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Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers [HB-221]
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[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Transferring the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers from the State Department of Education to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to provide staff support for the Council; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of organizations with expertise in school-based health care or specified other matters to provide additional staffing resources to the Commission and the Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 199 on 04/18/2017
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Education - Remote Classroom Technology Grant Program - Establishment (Peyton's Bill) [HB-197]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
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Establishing the Remote Classroom Technology Grant Program to provide grants to public schools to purchase technology to allow students with medical conditions to participate in classrooms remotely if in-person attendance is not possible; requiring the State Department of Education to implement and administer the Program; authorizing the Governor to include in the State budget an appropriation to the Program; and authorizing the Department to adopt specified regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2018
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Education - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code [SB-201]
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Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to require each county superintendent of schools to hold fire drills in each public school in accordance with the State Fire Prevention Code.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 175 on 04/18/2017
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Creation of a State Debt - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds [SB-197]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $4,823,000, the proceeds to be used as grants to the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the Maryland State Department of Education for the renovation, repair, and capital improvements of qualified zone academies; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds and the further grant of funds to eligible school systems for specified purposes, subject to a requirement that the grantees document the provision of a required matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2017
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Creation of a State Debt - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds [HB-153]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $4,823,000, the proceeds to be used as grants to the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the Maryland State Department of Education for the renovation, repair, and capital improvements of qualified zone academies; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds and the further grant of funds to eligible school systems for specified purposes, subject to a requirement that the grantees document the provision of a required matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 32 on 04/11/2017
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Public and Nonpublic Schools - Classwork and Assessment Involving Live and Dead Animals - Student Right of Refusal [SB-90]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a student in a public school or nonpublic school to refuse to participate in or observe, in whole or in part, classwork or an assessment that includes specified actions conducted on a specified animal; authorizing a student to exercise a specified right of refusal on the day the classwork or assessment is scheduled to be performed; requiring a specified student to complete specified classwork or a specified assessment by an alternate educational method determined by a specified teacher for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Favorable With Amendments {714131/1 Adopted on 02/27/2017
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Education - Specialized Intervention Services - Reports [SB-1]
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[Children and Youth ]
Requiring county boards of education, beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, to report specified information relating to the provision of specialized intervention services to the State Department of Education and the General Assembly on or before December 1 each year; requiring county boards and the Department to publish annually this same information on their Web sites; requiring the Department to establish guidelines for the report that each county board is required to submit regarding specialized intervention services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 728 on 05/25/2017
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Task Force to Improve Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Scores for Maryland Public School Students [HB-18]
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Establishing the Task Force to Improve Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Scores for Maryland Public School Students; requiring the Task Force to identify the best practices of specified local school systems, assess specified needs, design specified plans, and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings to the Governor, the State Board of Education, and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/16/2017