| MD | HB109 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from selling in the State an expanded polystyrene food service product on or after July 1, 2020; prohibiting food service businesses or schools from selling or providing food or beverages in expanded polystyrene food service prod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 579 |
| MD | SB285 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from selling in the State an expanded polystyrene food service product on or after July 1, 2020; prohibiting food service businesses and schools from selling or providing food or beverages in expanded polystyrene food service pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 580 |
| MD | SB677 | Pass | Renaming the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education to be the Hearing Aid and Language and Communication Video Loan Bank Program; requiring the Loan Bank to lend language and communication videos and certain downloadable r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 742 |
| MD | SB662 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include a certain amount in the State budget to the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education for fiscal years 2021 through 2026 to increase the number of green schools in the State; specifying the purposes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 740 |
| MD | HB657 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $100,000 for a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Art...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 680 |
| MD | HB725 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance and training to county boards of education regarding the use of restorative approaches on request; requiring certain regulations to incorporate the use of restorative approaches; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 691 |
| MD | SB896 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $100,000 for a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Art...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 681 |
| MD | HB1366 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include a certain amount in the State budget to the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education for fiscal years 2021 through 2026 to increase the number of green schools in the State; specifying the purposes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 739 |
| MD | HB1384 | Pass | Renaming the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education to be the Hearing Aid and Language and Communication Video Loan Bank Program; requiring the Loan Bank to lend language and communication videos and certain downloadable r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 741 |
| MD | SB1030 | Pass | Establishing principles of The Blueprint for Maryland's Future that are intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of the highest-performing systems; establishing a Concentration of Poverty...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-25
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 771 |
| MD | SB35 | Veto | Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB132 | Veto | Expanding the eligibility requirements for the Robotics Grant Program to include certain nonprofit organizations providing certain youth with an out-of-school time experience that focuses on personal and workforce development, to support existing rob...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB404 | Veto | Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health to revise the Maryland School-Based Health Center Standards to repeal the requirements that a school-based health center have a medical director who is a physician and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB747 | Veto | Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to provide a county superintendent of schools, if the State Superintendent plans to remove the county superintendent, with the reason for removal, documentation to support the case for removal, and the op...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB541 | Veto | Requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and certain contracting agencies to require an applicant for a position involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring the county board, nonpublic school, or cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB1186 | Veto | Requiring each nonpublic school in the State to hold fire drills in accordance with the State Fire Prevention Code, keep records of the fire drills, and send copies of the records to the State Board of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-24
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB64 | Pass | Providing that certain employees of the Maryland School for the Deaf are not entitled to annual leave with pay; and clarifying that employees of the Maryland School for the Deaf who work 11 months or less in a calendar year are entitled to a certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 392 |
| MD | HB47 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health to revise no later than August 1, 2019, the Maryland School-Based Health Center Standards to repeal the requirements that a school-based health center have a medical di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | SB127 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a child awaiting foster care placement not subject to certain educational stability provisions of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to attend school i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 |
| MD | HB137 | Pass | Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 538 |
| MD | SB180 | Pass | Expanding the eligibility requirements for the Robotics Grant Program to include certain eligible organizations to support existing robotics programs and increase the number of robotics programs in the State; defining "eligible organization" as a non...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 |
| MD | HB238 | Pass | Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to provide a county superintendent of schools, if the State Superintendent plans to remove the county superintendent, with the reason for removal, documentation supporting the case for removal, and the op...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 |
| MD | HB245 | Pass | Establishing the Student Data Privacy Council to study the development and implementation of the Student Data Privacy Act of 2015 and review similar laws and best practices in other states and appropriate technologies; specifying the membership of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 398 |
| MD | HB355 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that certain county boards of education develop and maintain a funding accountability website; requiring that each county board report annually certain financial information to the Department of Budget and Management beginni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 |
| MD | SB318 | Pass | Altering the membership of the School Safety Subcabinet Advisory Board to include a representative of a nonpublic special education school by increasing from four to five the members of the public to be appointed by the Governor and including a repre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 |
| MD | SB334 | Pass | Requiring a certain appointing authority, on request, to provide a list of the names of the candidates to fill a vacancy of an elected member of a county board of education to the individual who made the request or by publication on the website of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 |
| MD | HB440 | Pass | Limiting the number of new P-TECH Planning Grants that may be awarded in fiscal year 2020 to establish a new P-TECH school until after the 2016-2017 cohort of P-TECH students completes the 6-year pathway sequence; and altering certain intent language...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384 |
| MD | SB465 | Pass | Requiring each nonpublic school in the State to hold fire drills in accordance with the State Fire Prevention Code, keep records of the fire drills, and send copies of the records to the State Board of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| MD | SB661 | Pass | Establishing community schools in the State for the purpose of providing an integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and familial and community engagement; requiring a community school to have a comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 |
| MD | SB734 | Pass | Requiring each county board of education, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, to ensure that a certain student is screened to identify if the student is at risk for reading difficulties; requiring the screening instrument to be based on foundat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 |
| MD | SB653 | Pass | Authorizing the county boards of education of Carroll County and Howard County to establish innovative regional schools subject to certain requirements and approval; requiring a memorandum of understanding between the county boards to address the gov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 |
| MD | HB611 | Pass | Authorizing a parent of a student with a disability to request an independent educational evaluation at public expense under certain circumstances; requiring a local school system to issue a written response approving or denying a parent's request wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 |
| MD | HB1253 | Pass | Stating the findings and intent of the General Assembly that any exposure to lead in drinking water is dangerous to children, that schools should be proactive in reducing lead in drinking water outlets to 5 parts per billion, and that State and feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 |
| MD | HB844 | Pass | Requiring each local school system in the State to submit an interim report on the ratio of students to psychologists in each school, strategies to increase the number of psychologists, policies to decrease wait times, and strategies to increase rete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 |
| MD | HB1019 | Pass | Requiring that the State Board of Education may only require a passing score on a standardized assessment to evaluate a student for graduation from high school after the assessment has been field-tested and piloted for at least 1 year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 |
| MD | HB1144 | Pass | Requiring county boards of education to take certain reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for certain individuals with limited English proficiency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| MD | HB1349 | Pass | Extending to August 1, 2019, the date by which the Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health are required to develop guidelines for public schools regarding health care services to students with sickle cell disease; extending the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 |
| MD | SB879 | Pass | Requiring public schools to devote a part of at least one day to appropriate exercises that relate to Black History Month, with an emphasis on Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and the contributions they made in the fight against slavery; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-30
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313 |
| MD | HB486 | Pass | Requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and contracting agencies to require an applicant for a position involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring a county board, nonpublic school, or contracting ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 55 |
| MD | HB110 | Engross | Requiring physical education to be provided in each public school in a planned and sequential manner to all students, prekindergarten through grade 12, for the purpose of developing the students' good health and physical fitness and to improve motor ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) |
| MD | HB140 | Engross | Authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and related costs to the parent of a child with a disability who is the prevailing party in a special education proceeding; prohibiting a court from awarding attorney's fees and certain related ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB165 | Engross | Establishing the Safe Schools Maryland Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety to establish procedures for anonymous reporting of behaviors, involving one or more students, that are of concern, dangerous, violent, or unlawful, or the threat ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (106-29) |
| MD | SB481 | Intro | Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" to mean a lead concentration in drinking water exceeding 5 parts per billion for certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB766 | Engross | Requiring the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance and training to county boards of education regarding the use of restorative approaches under certain circumstances; requiring certain regulations adopted by a county board to inco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB534 | Intro | Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to adopt regulations that include certain land acquisition and architectural, engineering, consulting, and other planning costs as eligible public school construction or capital improvement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations; Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1000 | Intro | Requiring the Governor to include a certain amount in the annual State budget for each county board of education to support the maintenance of school buildings and equipment; requiring a certain appropriation to be in addition to any other State fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB964 | Engross | Requiring each county board of education to take certain reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1208 | Engross | Establishing the Board of Restorative Practices in Schools to study and analyze disciplinary policies and restorative practices in State public schools; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Board; providing that the term of a sel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB1229 | Engross | Establishing the Restorative Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems and individual schools for training on and implementation and evaluation of restorative approaches that build and sustain positive learning communities; requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB356 | Engross | Requiring the State Department of Education, beginning September 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, to provide to the county agency responsible for permitting and the local fire marshal in the county a list of nonpublic schools in the county that have...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
