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From the ECS State Policy Database - Highlighted Policies


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.

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Signed into law 04/2009

STEM


P-12
Digital Content Access and Connecting STEM Content to Initiatives
S.B. 235
Establishes the MDK12 Digital Library for the purpose of providing access to digital content for K-12 students and educators, improving school library programs with digital technologies, and connecting digital content with State science, technology, engineerin...

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Signed into law 05/2007

High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment


P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College
Dual Enrollment Grant Program
H.B. 538
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to ...

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Became law without governor's signature 04/2007

Accountability--School Improvement


P-12
School District Master Plans
S.B. 907
Requires county boards of education to submit comprehensive master plans to the State Department of Education on or before October 1, 2008, and every 5 years thereafter; clarifies that comprehensive master plans extend for a 5-year period.
http://mlis.state.md...

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Signed into law 04/2007

High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment


P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College
Dual Enrollment Grant Program
S.B. 525
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to ...

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Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006

Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions


P-12
State Takeover of Low Performing Schools
H.B. 1215; S.B. 914
Prohibits the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools from imposing a certain restructuring of a governance arrangement of specified schools in Baltimore City or from removing a public school from the direct control of the City Board o...

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Signed into law 04/2006

Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools


P-12
Teacher Induction Program
S.B. 238
Establishes a comprehensive induction program in the State Department of Education for new teachers employed by hard-to-staff schools; requires that the comprehensive induction program include mentoring, professional development training and support, and forma...

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Signed into law 05/2002

Health


P-12
Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1386
Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryland School-Based Health Care Center Policy Advisory Council; State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect; and State Commiss...

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