County Boards of Education - Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities - Burden of Proof [SB-926]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
.Requiring a county board of education to bear the burden of proof in due process proceedings that initiate from a due process complaint regarding the provision of special education services or a program for a child with disabilities in the county in which the county board is located, except under certain circumstances.
SB-926: County Boards of Education - Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities - Burden of Proof
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2023
Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs [HB-1237]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and related costs to the parent of a child with a disability who is the prevailing party in a certain special education proceeding; prohibiting a court from awarding attorney's fees and related costs to certain parents in a certain proceeding under certain circumstances; and authorizing an award of attorney's fees and related costs to a parent of a child with a disability who is a prevailing party under certain circumstances.
HB-1237: Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 708 on 05/16/2023
Education - Curriculum - Study of the Holocaust (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [HB-1241]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain guidelines on or before January 1, 2024, and revise and enhance instruction about the Holocaust in public schools for certain elementary, middle, and high school grade levels; requiring all public schools and certain nonpublic schools to include the revised and enhanced Holocaust instruction in school curricula beginning in the 2024-2025 school year; encouraging certain nonpublic schools to include in the curriculum a unit of instruction on the Holocaust; etc.
HB-1241: Education - Curriculum - Study of the Holocaust (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2023
Department of State Police - Training Facilities With Firearm Range - Location [HB-1028]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Stating it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of State Police not locate training facilities with firearm ranges near any building, grounds, parking lot, or open space owned or occupied by a hospital, educational facility, correctional facility or juvenile facility; requiring the Governor to appropriate funds in certain years for the planning and relocation of certain training facilities of the Department; and requiring a certain annual report regarding the facilities be submitted by December 15, 2023.
HB-1028: Department of State Police - Training Facilities With Firearm Range - Location
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [HB-961]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
HB-961: State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
Howard County – Archery Hunting – Safety Zone and Position of Archery Hunter Ho. Co. 15–23 [HB-1005]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Reducing from 150 yards to 50 yards the size of the safety zone for archery hunters in Howard County who are under the authority of a deer management permit or who are actively participating in a hunting program administered by the county within which archery hunting may not take place except under certain circumstances; and requiring certain archery hunters in Howard County to be in an elevated position when hunting any wild bird or mammal within 50 to 150 yards of certain buildings.
HB-1005: Howard County – Archery Hunting – Safety Zone and Position of Archery Hunter Ho. Co. 15–23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 603 on 05/08/2023
Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps [HB-983]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
[Funding ]
Altering the purpose of the Heritage Conservation Fund to include acquiring interests in land that can be used by the general public for hunting; establishing the Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program to provide outreach and foster an interest in outdoor recreation and stewardship, hunting, and wildlife conservation; establishing a stamp for hunting sika deer; authorizing a nonresident attending a college or university in the State to purchase a resident hunting license; etc.
HB-983: Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 544 on 05/08/2023
Youth Sports Programs - Registrations, Personnel, and Policy [HB-734]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring youth sports programs to maintain and update a registry of youth sports program personnel who participate in the youth sports program; requiring a parent or guardian of a youth registered with a youth sports program to sign and submit to the youth sports program an acknowledgment of the receipt of certain information; and requiring a youth sports program to post its removal and return-to-play policy on its website, if available.
HB-734: Youth Sports Programs - Registrations, Personnel, and Policy
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/08/2023
Alternative Education Options - Right to Learn and Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Programs (Right to Learn Act of 2023) [HB-737]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, and based on certain star ratings, each county board of education to notify the parents or guardians of students in a failing school that the school is failing and provide a list of options; establishing the Right to Learn Program to provide students in failing schools with certain scholarships; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program to provide scholarships for students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches to attend a non-public school; etc.
HB-737: Alternative Education Options - Right to Learn and Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Programs (Right to Learn Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/08/2023
You have voted HB-737: Alternative Education Options - Right to Learn and Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Programs (Right to Learn Act of 2023).
Higher Education - Disciplinary Records - Use in Admissions and Disciplinary Proceedings [SB-812]
[Education ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from using an admissions application that contains questions about an applicant's disciplinary record, subject to a certain exception; and authorizing an institution of higher education to make inquiries into and consider information about a student's disciplinary record for discipline related to academic dishonesty.
SB-812: Higher Education - Disciplinary Records - Use in Admissions and Disciplinary Proceedings
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023