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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Early Literacy and Dyslexia Practices - Guidance and Assistance [HB-718]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish, by October 1, 2020, a stakeholder advisory group to develop a reading and dyslexia handbook to guide local school systems in the implementation of best practices for early literacy and dyslexia; requiring a completed handbook be made available to the public by June 1, 2021; requiring the development of tools and materials to address certain needs; requiring the Department to update the handbook every 3 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/04/2020
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Correctional Services - Immigration Detention - Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act) [HB-677]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Stating certain findings of the General Assembly; prohibiting certain governmental entities from entering into agreements facilitating immigration-related detention by private entities; prohibiting governmental entities from entering into certain agreements to house immigration-related detainees; requiring governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of immigration-related detainees not later than October 1, 2021; and making the provisions of the Act severable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading Judiciary on 01/30/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Task Force on Oral Health in Maryland [SB-511]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Task Force on Oral Health in Maryland to study access to dental services for all State residents, identify areas lacking in dental services for a significant number of people, identify barriers to receiving services, analyze the impact of barriers, assess options to eliminate barriers, and make recommendations on methods to increase access to dental services; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by May 1, 2021, and a final report by December 1, 2021, to certain committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman [SB-504]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Special Education Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General to serve as a resource for information and support to parents, students, and educators regarding special education rights and services; requiring the Ombudsman to submit a report concerning the State's special education services by July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter; requiring certain school personnel to provide the parents of a child with a disability written information about the Ombudsman and the toll-free telephone number; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 562 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Health Care Professionals - Cultural Competency Coursework or Training [HB-639]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Education ]
Prohibiting a hospital or related institution, on or after January 1, 2022, from employing or granting privileges to a certain health care professional unless the health care professional provides certain documentation; requiring each health care professional to complete coursework on cultural awareness and competence in the provision of medical services and provide documentation that the coursework has been completed by January 1, 2022, and with a certain frequency thereafter except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/03/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Schools - Staff Members - Report [HB-515]
[Education ]
Requiring each county board of education to submit, beginning on July 1, 2021 and each July 1 thereafter, a report to the State Board of Education, the Governor, and certain legislative committees on the ratio of students to certain staff members at each school; and requiring the report to include the ratio of students to certain staff members for the school system as a whole.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools [HB-347]
[Education ]
Requiring a county board of education to designate as an innovation school each school that receives one star under the star rating system for at least the previous two consecutive school years; requiring a county board to establish an Innovation Plan Committee for each innovation school; providing for the contents of an innovation plan; providing the process for review, adoption, modification, or rejection of a proposed innovation plan, including electronic posting, a public comment period, and a requirement for a public hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools [SB-275]
[Education ]
Requiring a county board of education to designate as an innovation school each school that receives one star under the star rating system for at least the previous two consecutive school years; requiring a county board to establish an Innovation Plan Committee for each innovation school; providing for the contents of an innovation plan; providing the process for review, adoption, modification, or rejection of a proposed innovation plan, including electronic posting, a public comment period, and a requirement for a public hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Department of Education - School Discipline - Data Collection [HB-328]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website; requiring certain discipline-related data to be available as a data download; requiring the Department to provide certain discipline-related data to the public in an accessible electronic spreadsheet format; requiring the Department to report a student discipline data report to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1 each year;
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Hangul Day [HB-122]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October 9 as Hangul Day, which refers to the Korean alphabet, the only writing system rooted in a philosophy of benevolence and humanity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Board of Education Budget - Equity Category [HB-59]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to include an Equity category and certain subcategories in the Anne Arundel County Board of Education annual budget; and requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to provide certain information on whether the allocations for equity interventions in the annual budget are being increased, maintained, or reduced from the prior annual budget for each subcategory.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/05/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hearing- or Speech-Impaired Children - Sign Language Instruction for Parents and Guardians [SB-1150]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring an individualized education program for a child with a hearing or speech impairment to include educating the child's parents or guardians in basic sign language; requiring that the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program include resources such as basic sign language education, digital teaching tools, and online instruction for specified parents or guardians; altering the name of the universal newborn screening program to be the universal newborn screening and parental education program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force to Expand Dual Language Programs in Maryland [HB-1502]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force to Expand Dual Language Programs in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to create a framework for dual language immersion programs in the State, recommend strategies to increase the number of dual language programs in the State, and identify potential funding sources; requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee on or before specified dates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Foreign Language Requirement - Computer Programming Language Courses [HB-1351]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Allowing county boards of education to authorize a student to satisfy a State or county middle or high school foreign language requirement by completing a course in computer programming language; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Adult High School Pilot Program [HB-1381]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing an Adult High School Pilot Program to establish an alternative method for adults who did not graduate from high school to earn a diploma; providing that the Program is under the authority and supervision of the State Department of Education and the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, which are authorized to approve up to six pilots; requiring a pilot to be subject to the requirements of specified federal law and to provide specified accommodations; providing for a specified report to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Student Achievement Gap Standard - Establishment (Maryland Student Achievement Act) [HB-1268]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a standard to measure and quantify the student achievement gap, identify the student achievement gap between specified student groups, and issue best practices and annual benchmarks to close the student achievement gap between specified groups on or before July 1, 2018; requiring a local school system to document the student achievement gap in the district for the previous 20 years and develop a 5-year strategic plan to close the student achievement gap; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Pay Stub Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-1143]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the information that employers are required to give employees within 30 days after the first date of employment; and requiring employers to provide employees with an explanation of how wages were calculated.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 04/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - College and Career Readiness Assessment - English Learner Student Exception [HB-1170]
[Education ]
Exempting a student who is an English learner required to demonstrate a specified proficiency from the requirement to be assessed using a specified cut score to determine college readiness unless the assessment is offered free of charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Children - Health and Safety - Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline and Signage [HB-968]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources to establish a specified hotline to make specified reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; requiring the Administration to develop a specified methodology to track specified numbers and types of calls to a specified hotline; requiring the Administration to create a specified sign that contains information regarding a reporting suspicion of child abuse, child neglect, or child sexual abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Medical Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Verification, Publication, and Notification Requirements (Janet's Law) [HB-957]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a specified physician to provide the State Board of Physicians with verification or documentation within 25 business days after the physician receives the request from the Board that the physician maintains medical professional liability insurance; requiring the public profile of specified licensees of the Board to include information on whether the licensee maintains medical professional liability insurance; requiring each licensee practicing medicine to provide a specified written notification; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 770 on 05/25/2017