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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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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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Condemning Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian Hate, and Antisemitism [HJR-8]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Religion ]
Condemning Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian hate, and antisemitism; encouraging certain awareness initiatives; and committing to supporting certain legislation and policies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/29/2024
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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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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
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/25/2024
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Public Schools – Restorative Practices Schools – Establishment [SB-917]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties of behavioral health services coordinators and the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports regarding duties related to implementing Restorative Practices Schools throughout the State; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to implement requirements for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; and requiring the Department to annually report to the General Assembly on the implementation of Restorative Practices Schools beginning December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Education - Computer Science - Content Standards and Requirements [SB-980]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring public high schools to promote and increase the enrollment of certain students in high school computer science courses; requiring, beginning on or before June 1, 2025, the State Board of Education to update computer science content standards to include certain information; and requiring county boards of education to provide developmentally appropriate computer science instruction in public elementary and middle schools in the county.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [SB-1058]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring county boards of education to establish curriculum guides and courses of study that are aligned with certain content standards developed by the State Department of Education, and requiring the State Board of Education to withhold certain funds from county boards that fail to do so; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/27/2024
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Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established [SB-937]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 227 on 04/25/2024
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Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication [HB-890]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; requiring the Department to maintain a risk ratio and State comparison threshold of 2.0 to be used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices; and requiring the Department to report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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State Government – Maryland Reparations Commission – Establishment (Maryland Repair Act) [HB-851]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2024
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Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Membership [HB-763]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the membership of the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 939 on 05/16/2024
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Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances [HB-548]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding any changes to State law, policies, and practices needed to create a program that enables broad, equitable, and affordable access to psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 792 on 05/16/2024
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Korean American Day [HB-448]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge certain organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/18/2024
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Korean American Day [SB-387]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Burial Sites of Enslaved Persons - Protection and Access (Emancipation for the Maryland Deceased Enslaved Act) [SB-105]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring an owner of land that encompasses any part of a former plantation to identify and allow visitation to certain burial sites of enslaved persons, under certain circumstances; prohibiting construction of any structure on certain burial sites; establishing the Office of Burial Sites of the Maryland Enslaved; and requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $2,500,000 for the Office.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Education - Holocaust Education Assistance Grant Program - Established [HB-71]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Holocaust Education Assistance Grant Program in the Maryland State Department of Education to assist local school systems with Holocaust education in public schools; authorizing a local school system to apply to the Department for a grant from the Program to be used for teacher training or teaching materials; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2024
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Anne Arundel County - Board of Community College Trustees - Membership Alterations and Appointment Requirements [SB-69]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Increasing by two members the membership of the Board of Community College Trustees for Anne Arundel County; and requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and ethnic representation of Anne Arundel County when making appointments to the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Anne Arundel County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 235 on 04/25/2024
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Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program – Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions [HB-233]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, climate resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/09/2024
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Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions [SB-306]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption to climate change relevant to the critical area, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Hearing 1/31 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024