Maryland House Bill 583 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 23 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-29 - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring each county board of education to establish a virtual school; encouraging a county board that is unable to offer a virtual school on its own to collaborate with one or more other county boards to jointly establish a school; requiring that the criteria for enrollment in a virtual school established by the State Department of Education or a county board be reasonable and not unduly interfere with an applicant's ability to enroll in the virtual school; and providing that a certain outreach campaign be conducted equitably.

Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Schools - Alterations

Del. Joe Vogel [D]

Del. April Fleming Miller [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	House	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-23	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	7	1402	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	7	1403	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0583?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0583f.pdf