Relating To Education. [SB-2475]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation, a final finding has been issued that the individual has inflicted harm on a student. (CD1)
SB-2475: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Act 156, 07/01/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1257). on 07/02/2024
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [SB-426]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring public schools to inform current and retired teachers about the Program and to submit a list of interested teachers to the superintendent of the local school system each year; etc.
SB-426: Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/25/2024
Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024) [SB-425]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts after the arrival of students to the school, provided that students are allowed to consume the meal in the classroom after the start of the school day.
SB-425: Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 62 on 04/09/2024
You have voted SB-425: Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024).
Relating To Education. [HB-1792]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, requires each public, private, and charter school in the State to establish a program within the health education curriculum for high school students to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Specifies instruction requirements. Waives liability for instruction under certain circumstances.
HB-1792: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso
Referred To Edn, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024
Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act) [SB-395]
[Education ]
Requiring a public community college to consider a course or program for English as a second language or English language learner as eligible for world language or humanities credit toward an associate's degree under certain circumstances; requiring that certain credits earned by students who transfer from community colleges to public institutions of higher education in the State be transferable; and requiring private nonprofit institutions of higher education in the State to review and consider the transfer of certain credits.
SB-395: Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 215 on 04/25/2024
You have voted SB-395: Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act).
Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding [HB-414]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 to the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age children in the State; and providing that the funding may only be used to improve students' economic and personal finance understanding, provide free resources to financial literacy instructors, and assist local school systems and the Department with financial and economic curriculum development.
HB-414: Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2024
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [HB-352]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; authorizing the transfer of certain funds; etc.
HB-352: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding [SB-414]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 for the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age children in the State; and providing that the funding may be used only to improve students' economic and personal finance understanding, provide free resources to public and nonpublic school special education financial literacy instructors, and assist with certain curriculum development.
SB-414: Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition [SB-413]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
SB-413: Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 323 on 04/25/2024
Relating To Education. [HB-183]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires all private schools to develop and implement comprehensive action plans for the management of anaphylaxis in their respective schools, including administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. Establishes certain immunity from liability for designated private school employees and agents who administer auto-injectable epinephrine during emergencies.
HB-183: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd
Re-referred To Edn, Jha, Referral Sheet 6 on 01/30/2024
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [SB-362]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit a certain independent evaluation; altering the sales and use tax rate on certain electronic smoking devices; repealing a certain small business relief tax credit; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State during certain fiscal years; etc.
SB-362: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/16/2024
Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings [HB-336]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program; requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
HB-336: Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 172 on 04/25/2024
You have voted HB-336: Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings.
Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024) [HB-386]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts.
HB-386: Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/09/2024
You have voted HB-386: Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024).
Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act) [SB-381]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Sports ]
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; and providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances.
SB-381: Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2024
You have voted SB-381: Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act).
Relating To Education. [SB-1213]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires all private schools to develop and implement comprehensive action plans for the management of anaphylaxis in their respective schools, including administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. Establishes certain immunity from liability for designated private school employees and agents who administer auto-injectable epinephrine during emergencies.
SB-1213: Relating To Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilators - Use, Availability, Training, and Policies [HB-86]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with county boards, and authorizing nonpublic schools to establish a policy to obtain, administer, and train certain school personnel to administer emergency bronchodilators to a student who is determined to be, or is perceived to be, experiencing asthma-related symptoms; etc.
HB-86: Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilators - Use, Availability, Training, and Policies
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 280 on 04/25/2024
Income Tax - Credit for Parent and Guardian Volunteers in Elementary and Secondary Schools [SB-198]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain application and tax credit certificate; requiring a certain county board member or school administrator to issue tax credit certificates in a certain manner; making the credit refundable; etc.
SB-198: Income Tax - Credit for Parent and Guardian Volunteers in Elementary and Secondary Schools
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/10/2024
Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act) [HB-47]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Sports ]
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; and providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances.
HB-47: Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/12/2024
You have voted HB-47: Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act).
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [HB-213]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring public schools to inform current and retired teachers about the Program and to submit a list of interested teachers to the superintendent of the local school system each year; etc.
HB-213: Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2024
Civil Actions - Civil Immunity - Educator Intervention [HB-137]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a member of the administrative, educational, or support staff of any public, private, or parochial school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a student altercation or other student disturbance if the staff member intervened in a reasonably prudent manner and the actions taken do not constitute grossly negligent, willful, wanton, or intentionally tortious conduct.