Public Schools – Self–Contained Special Education Classroom – Use of Video Recording Devices [SB-577]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disabilities ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to install a video recording device in each self-contained special education classroom; providing for the installation, operation, notification, and use of a video recording device and the viewing, use, and confidentiality of system recordings; requiring the school administration to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency on receipt of a complaint of alleged neglect or abuse of a student under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-577: Public Schools – Self–Contained Special Education Classroom – Use of Video Recording Devices
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [HB-657]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, guidelines for developing a standardized behavioral health questionnaire to identify students with behavioral health services needs; requiring that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student when the student enrolls for school and every year thereafter; and requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a certain standardized behavioral health questionnaire.
HB-657: Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Hearing 4/05 At 1:15 P.m. on 04/05/2022
Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education) [HB-547]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a local school system to provide equivalent access to digital tools for students with disabilities, including developing, purchasing, and providing digital tools that are directly connected to student instruction; requiring a local school system to establish a process to evaluate a certain digital tool for equivalent access and nonvisual access by a certain employee or contractor of the school system; providing certain civil penalties for a vendor who fails to meet the equivalent access standards; etc.
HB-547: Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Referred Rules on 04/09/2022
You have voted HB-547: Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education).
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Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board - Composition and Regulations [HB-512]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the composition of the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board by adding a member of the Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities; and requiring the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop for consideration rules and regulations to attract and provide certification to teachers from groups historically underrepresented in the teaching profession.
HB-512: Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board - Composition and Regulations
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 210 on 04/21/2022
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Prince George's County Board of Education - Workgroup, Alterations, and Orientation Requirement PG 503-22 [HB-355]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Membership and Operation of the Prince George's County Board of Education to study and make recommendations regarding implementation of an electoral process for an all-elected Board, appropriate compensation, and an appropriate phase-in period for changes to Board composition; altering the composition of the Board beginning July 1, 2024, by removing four appointed members; requiring the Board chair and vice chair be elected from among the members beginning December 5, 2022; etc.
HB-355: Prince George's County Board of Education - Workgroup, Alterations, and Orientation Requirement PG 503-22
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 217 on 04/21/2022
Education - Educational Interpreter - Certification Requirements [SB-370]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop regulations for the certification of educational interpreters on or before July 1, 2023; providing that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may not be denied the right to receive certain credentials or a contract for work for which the individual is otherwise qualified and capable of performing because the individual is deaf or hard of hearing; etc.
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Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council [SB-325]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definitions of "covered information", "operator", "persistent unique identifier", and "targeted advertising" to provide increased protections for certain student data; establishing the Student Data Privacy Council; and requiring the Council to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on best practices for student data privacy protection for parents and guardians of students in the State.
SB-325: Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 04/21/2022
Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classroom Video Recording Pilot Program [HB-226]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Self-Contained Special Education Classroom Video Recording Pilot Program for selected public school classrooms in which all of the regularly attending students have a disability and are in that classroom for at least 50% of the instructional day; requiring certain public schools to allow the installation of a video recording device in a certain classroom; requiring notification of the appropriate law enforcement agency on receipt of a complaint of alleged neglect or abuse of a student; etc.
HB-226: Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classroom Video Recording Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2022
Children's Services Act; special education programs. [SB-356]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Expands eligibility for services under the Children's Services Act to students who transfer from an approved private school special education program to a public school special education program established and funded jointly by a local governing body and school division located within Planning District 16 (George Washington Regional) for the purpose of providing special education and related services when (i) the public school special education program is able to provide services comparable to
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SB-356: Children's Services Act; special education programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Stuart
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 02/08/2022
Education – Educational Interpreter – Certification Requirements [HB-37]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop regulations for the certification of educational interpreters on or before July 1, 2023; providing that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may not be denied the right to receive certain credentials or a contract for work for which the individual is otherwise qualified and capable of performing because the individual is deaf or hard of hearing; etc.
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Baltimore County Board of Education - Members - Training and Student Member Voting [HB-192]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the executive leadership of the Baltimore County public school system to develop a curriculum for budget training for members of the Baltimore County Board of Education by December 31, 2022; requiring each member of the county board to complete the training within 2 months of the member's election or appointment in order to vote on budgetary matters; and authorizing the student member of the Baltimore County Board of Education to vote on capital and operating budget matters.
HB-192: Baltimore County Board of Education - Members - Training and Student Member Voting
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2022
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S9096) on 12/09/2021
SR-430: A resolution calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and designating October 2021 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 10/27/2021
You have voted SR-430: A resolution calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and designating October 2021 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month"..