Higher Education
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Higher Education and Elementary and Secondary Schools - Title VI Coordinators (Remove Discrimination in Education Act) [SB-435]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the governing board of each institution of higher education in the State and local school systems to designate a Title VI Coordinator to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; and authorizing a person alleging discrimination under certain provisions of law to file a complaint with a Title VI Coordinator of a local school system, as applicable.
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [SB-456]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act [SB-428]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; defining "fixed natural buffer" as a strip of maintained, native vegetation alongside a body of water; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a certain food establishment license; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Remote Learning Accommodations - Established (College Disability Education Act) [HB-531]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring all public institutions of higher education to establish remote learning accommodations for students with disabilities that impede regular, in-person attendance beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year; authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to issue waivers from the requirement under certain circumstances; establishing a grant program to assist institutions to meet the remote learning accommodations requirement; and providing for certain review procedures and penalties for noncompliance.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Drug Detection Products - Distribution and Report [HB-552]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring each institution of higher education to provide certain drug detection products to students at no charge; and altering a certain reporting requirement.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland 529 Plan Contributions [SB-412]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increasing, from $2,500 to $4,850, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain contributions made to a Maryland Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer Prepaid College Trust account, Maryland Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer College Investment Plan, or Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2025; etc.
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Utah 2025 General Session
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Higher Education Base Budget [HB-1]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Higher Education Base Budget
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Utah 2025 General Session
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Privacy Protections in Sex-designated Areas [HB-269]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
Privacy Protections in Sex-designated Areas
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Gaming - Problem Gambling and College Athlete Protections [HB-465]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate the effects of problem gambling; requiring the regulations to establish a voluntary exclusion list; requiring the Commission to provide contact information of individuals that request to be placed on the voluntary exclusion list to the Maryland Center for Excellence on Problem Gambling; prohibiting an individual under 21 years of age from participating in fantasy competitions; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval - Revisions [HB-479]
[Education ]
Requiring certain nonpublic institutions of higher education to submit a certain letter of intent regarding intended new graduate level programs to the Maryland Higher Education Commission in a certain manner and every 6 months; and repealing a certain provision of law that limited which institutions of higher education could propose or implement certain academic programs for certain graduate level programs under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Revisions [HB-473]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the number of years that a recipient of an award under the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program may hold the award under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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University of Maryland, College Park Campus - TerpsEXCEED Program - Funding [HB-458]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, beginning in fiscal year 2027, an appropriation of $350,000 to the University of Maryland, College Park Campus TerpsEXCEED (EXperiencing College through Education and Employment Discovery) Program to provide educational and employment opportunities to students with intellectual disabilities.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Higher Education. [SB-909]
[Education ]
Relating To Higher Education. Short form bill.
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Utah 2025 General Session
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Higher Education Strategic Reinvestment [HB-265]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Higher Education Strategic Reinvestment
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Utah 2025 General Session
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First Credential Program [HB-260]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
First Credential Program