MD HB523 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-22 - First Reading Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 22 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-22 - First Reading Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring each county board of education to investigate, identify, and report on root causes of chronic absenteeism and expulsion in the county; and requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, and each quarter thereafter for 10 years, each county board to report its findings to each applicable county delegation to the General Assembly and certain committees in the General Assembly.
Title
County Boards of Education - Root Causes of Chronic Absenteeism and Expulsion - Investigation and Reporting
Sponsors
| Del. Deni Taveras [D] | Del. Mary Lehman [D] | Del. Ashanti Martinez [D] | Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D] |
| Del. Scott Phillips [D] | Del. Malcolm Ruff [D] | Del. Jamila Woods [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-22 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Subjects
Counties
Discipline
Education
Education, Boards of
Investigations and Inquiries
Local Government Mandates
Primary and Secondary Education
Reports
Truancy
Discipline
Education
Education, Boards of
Investigations and Inquiries
Local Government Mandates
Primary and Secondary Education
Reports
Truancy
Code Citations
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0523?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0523f.pdf |
