HB-7543: Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Katherine S. Kazarian
Signed By Governor on 06/26/2024
You have voted HB-7543: Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments..
HB-7513: Delays the date for local education agencies to select one of the high quality curricula and material for math and English language arts from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. McNamara
Referred To Senate Education on 04/03/2024
You have voted HB-7513: Delays the date for local education agencies to select one of the high quality curricula and material for math and English language arts from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026..
HB-7514: Creates a new chapter for the support/access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding. Eff. 7/1/24
Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Diaz
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 02/28/2024
You have voted HB-7514: Creates a new chapter for the support/access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding. Eff. 7/1/24.
Young Adult Service Fellowship [SB-206]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Young Adult Service Fellowship
SB-206: Young Adult Service Fellowship
Sponsored by: Rep. Val L. Peterson
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/18/2024
Reimagining Inclusive Arts Education Act [HB-7261]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out professional development for arts educators and creative arts therapists to learn how to best accommodate children with disabilities, and for other purposes.
HB-7261: Reimagining Inclusive Arts Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Introduced In House on 02/06/2024
Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa College Access Act [HB-7260]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa to have greater choices among institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
HB-7260: Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa College Access Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Introduced In House on 02/06/2024
State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act [HB-1044]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing the requirement that an appointing authority send a copy of the selection plan and job announcement to the Secretary of Budget and Management at least 1 week before posting a job announcement; and repealing the requirement that the appointing authority wait until after the close of a position announcement to review qualified applicants.
HB-1044: State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 459 on 05/09/2024
Physicians - Licensing - Foreign Practicing Physicians [HB-1054]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Exempting a foreign practicing physician applicant for a license from certain education requirements under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Physicians to establish a consortium of postgraduate medical education programs for the purpose of developing, implementing, and administering an examination to assess the ability of a foreign practicing physician to meet the standard of care for the independent practice of medicine; etc.
Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established [HB-1157]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program and to take certain actions to develop and implement the Program; establishing the eligibility for certain teacher candidates in the Program and requiring teacher candidates to be paid a certain rate and offered certain benefits under the Program; etc.
HB-1157: Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/25/2024
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials [HB-1172]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing requirements related to the certification of employment by public service employers under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, including requirements regarding determinations of whether employees are full-time and the frequency with which the certifications are to be provided; and requiring the Student Loan Ombudsman in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to develop and disseminate information to increase awareness of and participation in the Program.
HB-1172: Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley J. Lopez
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2024
Maryland Green Schools - Website Update and Maintenance [HB-1102]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a certain appropriation to update, by January 1, 2026, and maintain a certain website dedicated to green schools and becoming certified as a green school; and requiring county boards of education to prominently display a link to the website on the county board's website and circulate certain information to teachers and staff.
HB-1102: Maryland Green Schools - Website Update and Maintenance
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Wolek
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/07/2024
Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity [HB-1076]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year for students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinate with the Instructional Resources Center to provide the materials in a specialized format to blind or visually impaired students; requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, certain textbook publishers to provide an electronic file of pupil edition textbooks; etc.
HB-1076: Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 749 on 05/16/2024
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [HB-1144]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.