Higher Education
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act) [SB-713]
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[Student Loans ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring each institution of higher education in the State that admits first-time undergraduate students, by July 1, 2026, to prominently display on its publicly accessible website a link to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard website; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make certain data available to institutions of higher education in the State under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act) [HB-941]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to use funds made available by the Act for development of infrastructure and academic programs, investment in faculty, scholarships, and certain other institutional needs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Higher Education - Instructor Training - Accommodations for Students With Disabilities [HB-912]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain institutions of higher education to provide instructors with certain training on institutional obligations toward students with disabilities under certain federal laws; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop a certain model training program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) [HB-1006]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Attorney General to develop guidelines relating to immigration enforcement at sensitive locations; and requiring State agencies that operate at sensitive locations to adopt certain policies or provide notice of a decision not to adopt certain policies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-966]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program within the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide expertise in artificial intelligence to the circuit courts and the District Court in the form of expert testimony on the authenticity of electronic evidence that a court determines may have been created or altered using artificial intelligence; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop a grant application for the Program and award grants to eligible institutions of higher education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Third Reading Passed (129-9) on 04/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Part-Time Faculty [SB-750]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain part-time faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for part-time faculty; and prohibiting certain bargaining units from electing to engage in consolidated collective bargaining.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing Canceled on 03/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Eligibility [HB-980]
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[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to an applicant who is or was eligible for the Chapter 35 Survivors' Dependents Educational Assistance benefit as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and authorizing certain methods for verifying eligibility of these individuals for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Alterations [HB-951]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Including institutions and programs of higher education in which a student is enrolled as part of a dual enrollment program in the definition of "school system"; adding certain offenses to the list of offenses a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the State's Attorney if a student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses and if the student no longer is a suspect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Individuals Enrolled in Higher Education and Vocational Training Programs [SB-765]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing an individual enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education or a residential vocational training program to return to an out-of-home placement provider with whom the individual was previously placed under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to make a request to a local department of social services within a certain time period to return to an out-of-home placement provider under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 471 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report [HB-920]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2026; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per violation, against an institution for failure to submit a report or knowingly including inaccurate information in a report; and establishing certain notice and hearing procedures that the Commission must follow before assessing a civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Students in Informal Kinship Care Relationships [SB-755]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Student Loans ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to consider students who are in informal kinship care relationships as independent for the purpose of qualifying for certain student financial assistance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Eligibility [SB-772]
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[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to include a son, daughter, or stepchild or surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who is or was eligible for the Chapter 35 Dependent Education Assistance benefit; and authorizing certain methods for verifying eligibility of these individuals for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
National Guard Amendments [HB-376]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
National Guard Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Ann Millner
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/25/2025
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New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session
Grants priority course registration to certain student parents attending institutions of higher education. [AB-5285]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Grants priority course registration to certain student parents attending institutions of higher education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Matsikoudis
Introduced, Referred To Assembly Higher Education Committee on 02/10/2025
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New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session
Requires each institution of higher education to designate student parent liaison. [AB-5284]
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[Children and Youth ]
Requires each institution of higher education to designate student parent liaison.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Matsikoudis
Introduced, Referred To Assembly Higher Education Committee on 02/10/2025
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New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session
"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education. [AB-5286]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Matsikoudis
Introduced, Referred To Assembly Higher Education Committee on 02/10/2025
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New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session
Establishes various programs to support neurodiverse students at county colleges; appropriates $1.475 million. [SB-4119]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishes various programs to support neurodiverse students at county colleges; appropriates $1.475 million.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Zwicker
Introduced In The Senate, Referred To Senate Higher Education Committee on 01/30/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
GSC Add Member from High Point Law School [SB-39]
[Education ]
GSC Add Member from High Point Law School
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Galey
Withdrawn From Com on 02/11/2025
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New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session
Requires New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology to establish matching grant program for public research universities that receive certain federal research grants; appropriates $5 million. [SB-4110]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Requires New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology to establish matching grant program for public research universities that receive certain federal research grants; appropriates $5 million.
Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick Diegnan
Introduced In The Senate, Referred To Senate Higher Education Committee on 02/03/2025