HB-46: An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sponsored by: Sen. Teresa S. Pierce
Held By The Governor. on 07/08/2025
You have voted HB-46: An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
State Department of Education - Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System [HB-1237]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan and make recommendations to maintain and upgrade the system or to replace it with another platform; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
HB-1237: State Department of Education - Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [HB-903]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
HB-903: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 04/25/2024
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Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [SB-797]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
SB-797: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings [SB-592]
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[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[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.
SB-592: Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 173 on 04/25/2024
You have voted SB-592: Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings.
Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses [HB-537]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Providing a refundable credit against the State income tax for nonpublic school student bus transportation expenses paid by an individual resident who is the parent or guardian of the student during the taxable year.
HB-537: Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2024
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Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access [HB-522]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on the premises of public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to adopt and implement a certain student telehealth policy before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
HB-522: Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 04/25/2024
Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses [SB-528]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Providing a refundable credit against the State income tax for nonpublic school student bus transportation expenses paid by an individual resident who is the parent or guardian of the student during the taxable year; prohibiting a tax credit from exceed $1,500 per school student; etc.
SB-528: Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding [SB-414]
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[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 C. Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 03/20/2024
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Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings [HB-336]
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[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 E 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.
HB-2166: An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca J. Millett
Carried Over, In The Same Posture, To Any Special Session Of The 131st Legislature, Pursuant To Joint Order Hp 1482. on 05/10/2024
You have voted HB-2166: An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP. [HB-1089]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and
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HB-1089: Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Emerson Coyner
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 468 (effective - See Bill) on 04/04/2024
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Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP. [SB-220]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and
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SB-220: Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0502) on 04/04/2024