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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education – Curriculum Standards – Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [HB-1181]
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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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Maryland Green Schools - Website Update and Maintenance [HB-1102]
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Requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a certain appropriation to update, by January 1, 2026, and maintain a certain website dedicated to green schools and becoming certified as a green school; and requiring county boards of education to prominently display a link to the website on the county board's website and circulate certain information to teachers and staff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Wolek
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Revisions [HB-1052]
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[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a total of 10 new Class B-D-7 licenses and a total of 2 new Class A-7 licenses within a certain bounded area; providing that, in the 46th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City, a certain license may be issued and an existing license may be moved to a building that is within 300 feet of a place of worship or school under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Board from authorizing a license to a recipient of a certain State grant; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1026 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Nonpublic Schools – Transcripts – Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt [HB-1164]
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[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting nonpublic schools that participate in State-funded education programs from refusing to provide a current or former student or the student's parent or guardian with a transcript or taking other punitive measures regarding a student's transcript request because the student owes a debt to the nonpublic school.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education – Virtual Tutoring Services – Applicant Review [HB-1140]
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[Crime ]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a virtual tutoring service that contracts with a county board of education, including the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, or a nonpublic school to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tutoring service who engages with a minor; and exempting certain virtual tutoring services from collecting certain information about its employees under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Green Schools - Model Professional Development Facilities - Designation [HB-997]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and in consultation with other relevant parties, to establish criteria for designating green schools in the State as model professional development facilities; requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a fiscal year 2026 appropriation of $5,000 to update its recertification application on or before September 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [SB-1058]
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[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 Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Crime of Violence - Second Degree Assault of a School Employee or Subcontractor (School Assault Reduction and Prevention Act) [SB-927]
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Establishing second degree assault of an employee or a subcontractor of a public or private elementary or secondary school as a crime of violence for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Revisions [SB-1100]
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[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a total of 10 new Class B-D-7 licenses and a total of 2 new Class A-7 licenses within a certain bounded area; providing that, in the 46th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City, a certain license may be issued and an existing license may be moved to a building that is within 300 feet of a place of worship or school under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Board from authorizing a license for a recipient of a certain State grant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1027 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education – Prekindergarten and Withholding of County Board Funding (Blueprint Accountability and Flexibility Act of 2024) [SB-1062]
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Altering certain dates related to the family share for Tier II children in publicly funded prekindergarten; altering certain dates related to the proportion of eligible private provider prekindergarten slots; repealing the authorization for the State Department of Education to exclude by annual waiver Tier I children who are 4 years old from a certain prekindergarten slot calculation; establishing a process for the Accountability and Implementation Board to withhold certain funding from a county board under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Primary and Secondary Schools - Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act) [HB-1027]
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[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school; requiring a failing school to retain the failing school designation until the school receives a certain rating; requiring students who are attending a failing school to be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Genetic Procedures [SB-914]
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[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Virtual Tutoring Services - Background Checks and Fingerprinting [SB-883]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tutoring service who engages with a minor; and authorizing certain criminal history records checks conducted by a virtual tutoring service to satisfy certain fingerprinting and background requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Ebersole, Patterson And Fair) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor, Human Trafficking, and Drug Distribution - Sensitive Locations [HB-963]
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Prohibiting a person from committing sexual solicitation of a minor or human trafficking within 5 miles of certain locations; and increasing the distance surrounding certain school property within which a person is prohibited from committing a certain crime relating to drug distribution from 1,000 feet to 5 miles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Class A License - Food Retailers [HB-847]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Institutions of Higher Education - Dually Enrolled Students - Alterations [SB-749]
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Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include a nonpublic secondary school student and a home school student so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College Access Grant.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Crime of Violence – Second Degree Assault of a School Employee or Subcontractor (School Assault Reduction and Prevention Act) [HB-758]
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[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing second degree assault of an employee or a subcontractor of a public or private elementary or secondary school as a crime of violence for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Operating Budget - Funding - Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students [HB-791]
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[Taxes ]
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of License Near a Place of Worship or School PG 307-24 [HB-817]
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[Education ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue an alcoholic beverages license for an establishment that is within 500 feet of a place of worship or 1,000 feet of a school building if a license of the same class had been issued and was held by the same person seeking the new license and was in effect for the establishment before the place of worship or school building was built.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1022 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Crimes Against Minors - Sensitive Locations [SB-719]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a felony against a victim who is a minor within 5 miles of certain locations; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony and punishable with imprisonment up to 15 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024