Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements [HB-1297]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools to provide virtual education to students instead of closing the public schools because of severe weather conditions; requiring the Department, by September 1, 2023, to establish a statewide universal learning management system for all public schools in the State; etc.
HB-1297: Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/28/2023
SB-889: An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice S. Dodge
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 04/27/2023
You have voted SB-889: An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units.
School Health and Vision Services – Screenings and Eye Examinations [HB-1054]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties of the State Department of Education's and the Maryland Department of Health's primary contact employees for school-based health centers to include the implementation and oversight of the Vision for Maryland Program; altering the requirements for vision screenings for students; requiring a county board of education to determine whether certain students should receive an eye examination and eyeglasses; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program and the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.
HB-1054: School Health and Vision Services – Screenings and Eye Examinations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
Prince George's County - Board of Education and School System Revisions PG 502-23 [HB-1079]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties and responsibilities of the Prince George's County Board of Education and certain officers of the county board; altering the voting authority of the student board member; requiring the county board to retain counsel and pay certain counsel fees and expenses incurred for defending a member in litigation involving a member's service in the member's official capacity on the county board under certain circumstances; altering certain procedures for the election of the student member of the county board; etc.
HB-1079: Prince George's County - Board of Education and School System Revisions PG 502-23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 793 on 05/16/2023
Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Reports and Records [SB-710]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
Expanding the circumstances under which a report or record concerning child abuse or neglect may be disclosed to certain school personnel or to a director of a licensed child care facility or licensed child placement agency.
SB-710: Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Reports and Records
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education [SB-610]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools, under certain circumstances, to provide virtual education days to students instead of closing the public schools in the county because of severe weather conditions; altering the requirements for virtual schools established by a county board of education; etc.
SB-610: Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 804 on 05/28/2023
School Discipline - Behavioral Health and Safety - Data Collection and School Resource Officers [SB-811]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; requiring the Department to lower and maintain a certain risk ratio used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices; requiring each county board of education to develop a behavioral health and safety plan for certain schools by September 1, 2024; etc.
SB-811: School Discipline - Behavioral Health and Safety - Data Collection and School Resource Officers
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing Canceled on 03/10/2023
School Health and Vision Services - Screenings and Eye Examinations [SB-573]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties of the State Department of Education's and the Maryland Department of Health's primary contact employees for school-based health centers to include the implementation and oversight of the Vision for Maryland Program; altering the requirements for vision screenings for students; requiring a county board of education to determine whether certain students should receive an eye examination and eyeglasses; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program and the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.
SB-573: School Health and Vision Services - Screenings and Eye Examinations
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/23/2023