Maryland House Bill 493 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 25 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-22 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board, on or before January 1, 2022, to require certain candidates for certification to pass a test of research-based reading instruction; requiring the Board and the State Board of Education jointly to select the test and set the passing score for the test, subject to a certain condition; requiring the Board and the State Board jointly to set standards for the delivery of research-based reading instruction by teacher preparation programs in the State; etc.

Teachers and Teacher Preparation Programs - Research-Based Reading Instruction

Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. April Rose [R]
Del. Haven Shoemaker [R]	Del. James Tarlau [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]
Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-22	House	Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-25	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0493?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0493f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0493.pdf