| MD | HB1485 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, curriculum content for an elective course in water safety and swimming for public school students in kindergarten through grade 12; requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
Referred to interim study by Ways and Means |
| MD | HB951 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to post on the main page of its website a link to the voter registration webpage maintained on the website of the State Board of Elections or the local board of elections of that county and a certain statement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1415 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to submit a report on community schools to the State Department of Education on or before December 1, 2024; and requiring the Department to submit a report summarizing the reports received from county boards t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB456 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that student members on certain county boards of education may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions under certain circumstances; and providing that student members of county boards of education have c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1169 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for a waiver from minimum school funding requirements for schools with fewer than 300 students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1394 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, each county board of education to provide students in grades six through twelve with the telephone numbers of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and the Safe Schools Maryland anonymous tip line by p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1360 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB818 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1246 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in certain schools in Prince George's County a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB909 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the exclusion of certain costs from the calculation of a county's highest local appropriation to its school operating budget if a county board of education and a county governing body agree annually to designate certain spending as nonrec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to require the curriculum for family life and human sexuality instruction in Prince George's County schools begin no later than grade 6, provide age-appropriate instruction, include certain medi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1381 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of prekindergarten enrollment for private prekindergarten providers; requiring the State Department of Education to forward fund the State and local share or provide a pay guarantee of not greater than 30 days for certain prek...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1442 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools to study the use of public-private partnerships to reduce or increase the speed of school construction, the poten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1370 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring Montgomery County Public Schools to require training for school personnel on the prevention of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of religious discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB160 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the third week in April as Workplace Readiness Week and requiring county boards of education to establish a specified program of education to be held during Workplace Readiness Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1493 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic school that receives State funds if the child has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of rape or other sexual offenses; and requiring each local school system to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1383 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to publish a policy on or before January 1, 2025, concerning the inclusion and use of liquidated damages provisions in procurement contracts; requiring each student transportation procurement contract en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB1422 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB1268 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education, county boards of education, and institutions of higher education in the State to update certain drug addiction and prevention education programs to include information on the mitigating effects of naloxone or o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1373 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Extracurricular Activities for Homeschooled Students Pilot Program in Calvert County to allow homeschooled students to participate in extracurricular activities sponsored by public schools in the county; establishing the Workgroup to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1380 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Calvert County Board of Education to collect and update the data required for the federal Civil Rights Data Collection survey each year, collect certain other incident data from each public school and each school bus in the county, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1395 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire an ombudsman before the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the terms of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1418 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a public middle school to begin instruction not before 8 a.m. and a public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8:30 a.m. unless granted a waiver by the county board of education under c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1433 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the career ladder for teachers to allow teachers with a certain higher degree to participate as an equivalent to teachers with National Board Certification; requiring the State Department of Education to study the efficacy of National Board ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1431 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the annual compensation of the members of the Calvert County Board of Education to be $9,500 for the president of the county board and $8,500 for the other members of the county board, subject to approval from the County Commissioners of C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1430 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that parents of children in public schools have certain rights regarding information and communication from the children's local school system about education and school-related topics.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1455 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a county board of education that requests a certain waiver for publicly funded full-day prekindergarten to develop and submit a certain action plan to certain government entities; requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboratio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB138 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to update the Maryland State Curriculum for Personal Financial Literacy Education and corresponding financial literacy standards to include certain content; requiring the State Board of Education to develop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB65 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a school health practitioner, health care practitioner, or certified school psychologist employed by or under a contract with a school-based health center, local school system, or local health department to provide school health services at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB560 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the number of appointed members on the Harford County Board of Education from three to one; and prohibiting appointed members on the county board from holding the positions of president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer on the county ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1345 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that a member of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees be a resident of Harford County for the duration of the member's term; altering the membership of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees; requiring the Governor when ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1175 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a public school employer from entering into a certain subcontracting agreement unless certain circumstances occur; specifying the requirements for a public school employer to enter into a certain subcontracting agreement; providing for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1181 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop certain curriculum standards and curriculum resources on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the State Department of Education to revise and enhance certain history and social studies frameworks to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1234 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide services to students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1353 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Howard County Council to adopt a ranked-choice voting method for elections for the Howard County Board of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1326 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to adopt a new teacher retention policy; altering the content required to be included in certain teacher support and retention guidelines developed by the State Board of Education; and altering the content req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1317 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program to provide certain positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1352 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to establish a system of public campaign financing for members of the county board of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1363 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a unit of instruction on Asian American history in public schools in the State; requiring each county board of education to implement the Asian American history curric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1350 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the terms of the members of the Howard County Board of Education; and establishing the Howard County Board of Education Compensation Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1432 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain dates related to the family share for Tier II children in publicly funded prekindergarten; altering certain dates related to the proportion of eligible private provider prekindergarten slots; repealing the authorization for the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB881 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to establish a pilot program to operate one or more schools within the county using an innovative scheduling model including extended year, year-round school, or a 4-day school week; authorizing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB923 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with county boards of education and county superintendents of schools, to conduct a study on the transfer and awarding of credits by local school systems to in the State for successful comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB988 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the procedures used to fill a vacancy of an elected member of the Montgomery County Board of Education occurring 55 days or more before a certain candidate filing deadline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1027 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school; requiring a failing school to retain the failing school designation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1102 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a certain appropriation to update, by January 1, 2026, and maintain a certain website dedicated to green schools and becoming certified as a green school; and requiring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB519 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the St. Mary's County Board of Education to collect and update the data required for the federal Civil Rights Data Collection survey each year, collect certain other incident data from each public school and each school bus in the county, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB769 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the governing body of a county to establish a system of public campaign financing for certain offices after the governing body of the county has implemented a system of public campaign financing for elective offices in the executive or le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB746 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education is a state educational authority under a certain federal law; providing that the Office is the State unit authorized to audit or evaluate certain education programs; prohibitin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Ways and Means Committee |
