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Maine 132nd Legislature
An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law [HB-1586]
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An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law
Sponsored by: Sen. Matthew Harrington
Reports Read on 05/28/2025
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An Act to Abolish School Budget Referenda [HB-1579]
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An Act to Abolish School Budget Referenda
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristen Cloutier
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/14/2025
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An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures [HB-1517]
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An Act to Replace Participation Thresholds with Approval Thresholds in Certain School, Municipal and County Measures
Sponsored by: Rep. William Bridgeo
Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 06/16/2025
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An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members [HB-1271]
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An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members
Sponsored by: Rep. Nathan Carlow
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/06/2025
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An Act to Remove Restrictions That Prohibit School Administrative Units from Making Purchases Through Cooperatives [HB-817]
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An Act to Remove Restrictions That Prohibit School Administrative Units from Making Purchases Through Cooperatives
Sponsored by: Sen. Teresa Pierce
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 04/08/2025
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An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units [SB-673]
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An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Baldacci
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/21/2025
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Education - Student Behavior - Parent and Guardian Notice and Required Counseling (Parent and Guardian Accountability Act) [HB-1313]
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Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and requiring a public school principal to provide a certain written notice to the parent or guardian of a student who engages in two or more incidents of violent and disruptive behavior on school premises or during school-related activities during the school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1461]
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Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations [HB-1265]
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Altering the offenses that constitute "reportable offenses" that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Cyber Maryland Program – Revisions [HB-1468]
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[Grants ]
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Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology beginning in fiscal year 2026; requiring the Program in conjunction with other agencies to report on certain Program activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2025
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Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights [HB-1385]
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Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/10/2025
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Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1245]
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Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
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Public Ethics - Local Government and School Boards - Requirements [HB-1297]
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Requiring that the conflict of interest provisions or regulations adopted by a county, municipal corporation, or school board be equivalent to or exceed certain provisions of State law and authorize removal of a certain official for certain violations; requiring that conflict of interest provisions adopted by a county, municipal corporation, or school board include certain provisions relating to judicial relief for violations of the conflict of interest provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Reassigned To Environment And Transportation on 02/12/2025
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Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [HB-1462]
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Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Public Schools - Injury Incidents - Requirements for Tracking and Reporting [HB-1194]
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Requiring certain public schools to develop and implement a system to track and report injury incidents, whether intentional or accidental, to a student, teacher, or school employee on the school campus during the school year; and establishing certain reporting requirements for county boards of education, the Juvenile Services Education Program Superintendent, and the State Department of Education regarding certain injury incidents in schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025
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Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline [HB-1132]
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Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student who, after an investigation, more likely than not used reasonable force necessary to protect the student or to escape the attack; and requiring a principal or school administration to expunge certain documentation from a student's disciplinary record under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
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Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [SB-847]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights [SB-948]
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[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; and establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [SB-852]
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[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/05/2025
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Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [SB-867]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts beginning in fiscal year 2026, to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology; authorizing the Governor for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to run the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/22/2025