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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings [SB-592]
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Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program: requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 173 on 04/25/2024
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State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal [SB-598]
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Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing for the initial term of the principal member of the State Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 2/23 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/09/2024
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Income Tax - Credit for Employers Providing Parental Engagement Leave [HB-717]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain certification form; requiring a certain qualified employee to obtain the signatures of a certain county board member and certain school personnel under certain circumstances; and making the credit refundable under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education – Education Savings Account Program – Established [HB-704]
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Establishing the Education 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. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Income Tax - Credit for Parent and Guardian Volunteers in Elementary and Secondary Schools [HB-719]
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Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school 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: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/26/2024
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Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission [SB-623]
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Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report of its findings and recommendations by June 1, 2025, and a final report of its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 946 on 05/16/2024
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Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations [HB-624]
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Altering the administrator of the Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program to be the Maryland Higher Education Commission rather than the State Department of Education; and requiring the Department to assist the Commission with the review of applications and the selection of nonprofit organizations to administer the Program in local school systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 197 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries [SB-545]
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Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for all public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
First Reading Education, Energy, And The Environment And Budget And Taxation on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report [HB-696]
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Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on the cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (126-5) on 04/05/2024
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Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report [SB-579]
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Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on a cost estimate for providing free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State; and requiring the Department, as part of its report, to compile research completed in other states that have established universal meal programs and prepare a summary of any findings presented in those reports.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 191 on 04/25/2024
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Primary and Secondary Education - Education Savings Account Program - Established (Maryland Universal School Choice Act) [HB-675]
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Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education to provide grants to the account of the parent of an eligible student in order to provide for the eligible student's education; requiring the parent of an eligible student to participate in a certain agreement with the Department; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established [SB-540]
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Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school in the county, including public charter schools, to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at a school; requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of any school mapping data produced under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 166 on 04/25/2024
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State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [SB-499]
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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: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations [SB-517]
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Altering the administrator of the Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program to be the Maryland Higher Education Commission rather than the State Department of Education; and requiring the Department to assist the Commission with the review of applications and the selection of nonprofit organizations to administer the Program in local school systems.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 196 on 04/25/2024
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Education - Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund - Alterations [SB-500]
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Altering the qualifications for an award from the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund to include a service obligation to work in an approved child care setting for at least 20 hours per week; requiring the Office of Child Care to prioritize grant awards to certain applicants; requiring award recipients who do not perform the service obligation to repay certain award funding except under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 222 on 04/25/2024
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Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established [HB-558]
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Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent's or guardian's student, subject to certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access [HB-522]
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Requiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on the premises of public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to adopt and implement a certain student telehealth policy before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 04/25/2024
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Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access [SB-492]
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[Telecommunications ]
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Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to establish a certain student telehealth policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Rereferred To Ways And Means on 04/05/2024
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Education - Open-Source Phonics Matching Grant Program - Establishment (Open-Source Phonics Matching Grant Program Act) [HB-475]
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Establishing the Open-Source Phonics Matching Grant Program within the State Department of Education to provide free, open-source phonics learning materials to be used by adults to tutor students; requiring the Department to periodically review the open-source phonics learning materials to ensure the materials are consistent with best practices in literacy education, including the science of reading; and requiring the Governor each fiscal year to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $150,000 to the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 270 on 04/25/2024
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Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established [HB-472]
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Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school and public charter school in the county to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at a school; authorizing the use of the Safe Schools Fund to provide funding to local school systems for the program; and requiring a certain custodian of records to deny inspection of school mapping data.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 167 on 04/25/2024