| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Student Achievement - Core Content Areas
H.B. 1227
Requires the county board to include in its master plan to improve student achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure a...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Northeast Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board
H.B. 362
Establishes the Northeast Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board to support the development of higher education in two rural counties in M...
| More... |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Adequacy Education Funding Study
H.B. 1214
Requires the Maryland State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Legi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Student Health Reporting
H.B. 9
Removes the expectation of county superintendents to report on matters relating to students growth, health, and well-being. Requires the Sta...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Online Courses and Services
S.B. 674
Authorizes certain county boards of education to request that the State Department of Education develop or review and approve certain online...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Online Courses and Services
H.B. 1219
Authorizing a county board of education to procure online courses and services that the county board has approved as being high quality and ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Regional Higher Education Centers - Funding Formula
H.B. 1228
Instructs the commission to calculate an amount for the annual apportionment for each regional higher education center using a specified fun...
| More... |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary - Online Distance Education
H.B. 1223
Requires institutions of postsecondary education that enroll Maryland students in fully online distance education programs in the State to r...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Student Transfer Advisory Committee
S.B. 967
Establishes a Student Transfer Advisory Committee that is to review and analyze articulation and student support services, including admissi...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Electronic Reader Pilot Program
H.B. 1220
Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a study on the costs and benefits (specifications detailed in bill) of establishing an...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Maryland After-School and Summer Opportunity Fund Program
H.B. 886
Extends the Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund Program to include summer programs. Provides that only nonpreofit organizations are eligi...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Virtual Learning Advisory Council
H.B. 745
Establishes the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning within the Department of Education, with the mission of the council to encour...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Core Academic Standard Implementation
S.B. 293
Requires that the county board include in its goals to improve student academic achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and meas...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 362
Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subje...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Finance - Maintenance of Effort
S.B. 848
Requires a county to apply to the board for a waiver from the Maintenance of Effort requirement if it cannot be funded and establishes penal...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals
H.B. 53
Adds a reason that any resident of the state who is out of the workforce by reason of total and permanent disability who enrolls at a commun...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Athlete Heat Acclimatization Guidelines
H.B. 1080
Requires the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified organizations and health care providers, to develop a model poli...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Adds Protected Classes to Law on Discrimination in the Employment of Public School Employees
H.B. 202
Conforms the provisions of state law relating to discrimination in the employment of public school employees to other provisions of state la...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Amends Requirements For Exemption From Community College Tuition Payment for Disabled Individuals
H.B. 104
Clarifies and amends the requirements for obtaining an exemption from the payment of tuition at community colleges for specified disabled in...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Clarifies Requirements Under the Open Meetings Act
S.B. 644
Establishes a Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government within the General Assembly to provide continuing legislative oversight re...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Requires Posting of Various Paths Leading to Teacher Certification and Tenure
S.B. 687
Requires the state Department of Education to develop an informational form that lists and explains the various paths that can be taken in o...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Requires Policies and Programs on the Risk of Concussions and Head Injuries
H.B. 858
Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to prov...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Concussions and Head Injury Awareness
S.B. 771
Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and implement a program to provide...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Task Force to Study High School Dropout Rates of Persons in the Criminal Justice System
S.B. 755
Establishes the Task Force to Study High School Dropout Rates of Persons in the Criminal Justice System. Requires the task force to study hi...
| More... |
P-3 Health and Mental Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program for Children Under Age 3
H.B. 1013
Establishes a permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program ("the Program") in the state Department of Education for the purpose of lending hearin...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Study Creation of a Regional Higher Education Center in Northeastern Maryland
H.B. 1156
Establishes a task force to study the creation of a Regional Higher Education Center in Northeastern Maryland; Provides for the membership, ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Task Force on Funding a Green Technology, Life Science, & Health Information Technology Loan Assistance Repayment Program
H.B. 758
Establishes the Task Force on Funding a Green Technology, Life Science, and Health Information Technology Loan Assistance Repayment Program....
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions
S.B. 347
Creates the Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions in the State. Requires ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Regulation of Public, Private Nonprofit, and For-Profit Institutions of Higher Education
S.B. 695
From Department of Legislative Services Fiscal and Policy Note: Distinguishes between public, private nonprofit, and for-profit institutions...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Establishes Southern Maryland Higher Education Council
H.B. 1347
Establishes a Southern Maryland Higher Education Council to develop a strategy for improving access to higher education for the residents of...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Requires Nonpublic Schools Participating in State-funded Education Programs to Adopt Policy on Bullying
H.B. 38
Requires nonpublic schools that participate in state-funded education programs to adopt by March 31, 2012, a policy prohibiting bullying, ha...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Nonpublic Schools Must Adopt Policy Prohibiting Bullying, Harassment & Intimidation
S.B. 489
Requires nonpublic schools that participate in state-funded education programs to adopt, by March 31, 2012, a policy prohibiting bullying, h...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety
H.B. 79
Establishes a task force to study the creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety. Provides for the membership, chair, and staffing of t...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety
S.B. 369
Requires that any school bus procured for use in the state on or after January 1, 2014, be constructed with materials that enable it to meet...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | State Vechile Use of Biofuel
S.B. 961
Allows state vehicles and state-owned heavy equipment to use any other biofuel, in addition to 5% biodiesel (called B5), as long as it is ap...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification & Tenure/Employment for Military Spouses
H.B. 998
Requires the state Department of Education to develop a specified form relating to teacher certification and tenure and to post the form on ...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | State Board to Report to Legislature on Academic Standards Required for Participation in Athletics
H.B. 364
Requires the state board of education, in consultation with county boards of education, to report to the General Assembly on or before Decem...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
Postsec. | Alters Age Foster Care Recipients are Exempt from Specified Tuition
H.B. 1208
Alters from 21 to 25 the age before which foster care recipients must be enrolled at public institutions of higher education to be exempt fr...
| More... |
21st Century Skills |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Establishes the P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland
S.B. 286
Establishes the Governor's P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland (the Council), a partnership among the state, educators, and the business com...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Task Force to Explore Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design
S.B. 467
Establishes the Task Force to Explore the Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design (i.e., an approach to education curriculum des...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Duties/Authority of Office of Student Financial Assistance
S.B. 80
Clarifies the scope of the duties and authority of the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) in the Maryland Higher Education Commis...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Investment Fund
H.B. 470/S.B. 283
Requires the comptroller to continue to distribute specified income tax revenue from corporations to the Higher Education Investment Fund (t...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Capital Projects
H.B. 1044/S.B. 234
Requires that community college capital projects that receive state funds comply with the state's High Performance Building Act; Allows comm...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Certain School Vehicles Not Required to Have Seat Belts
S.B. 245
Clarifies that a certain type of school vehicle is not required to be equipped with seat belts and is not subject to specified regulations i...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Individualized Education Program - Notice to Parents
S.B. 540
Requires appropriate school personnel to provide copies of specified documents relating to the development of an individualized education pr...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Race to the Top Legislation - Innovative School Scheduling Models
H.B. 439
Requires the state board of education to explore the use of innovative school scheduling models, including extended year, year-round schooli...
| More... |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Requires Support Spaces for Physical Education Instruction
H.B. 334/S.B. 256
Requires the state department of education to adopt regulations that require all public school buildings newly constructed or completely ren...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Waiver of Maintenance of Effort Penalty for Public Ed.
H.B. 223
Waives the fiscal 2010 county maintenance of effort (MOE) penalty for public education; Directs the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Local Boards of Education Master Plans
S.B. 74
Requires local boards of education to continue submitting annual updates to their master plans in October 2010 and October 2011 and delays t...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Student Member of the State Board Voting Rights
S.B. 536
Allows the student member of the state board of education to vote on the dismissal of or other disciplinary actions involving personnel, the...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Alternate School Assessment - Teacher Survey
S.B. 557
Requires the state department of education to review the Alternate School Assessment, survey certain teachers regarding satisfaction or lack...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Virtual School
H.B. 1362
Authorizes a local board of education to establish a virtual school, subject to the approval of the Maryland State Department of Education. ...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Requests for Multiple-birth Children Entering Kindergarten to be in Same Classroom
H.B. 272
Prohibits a local board of education from adopting a classroom placement policy that automatically separates or places together multiple-bir...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Cultural Competency Model Training Curriculum for Law Enforcement Officers Assigned to Public Schools
H.B. 983
The bill requires that the Maryland Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Maryland State Department of Education, develop a c...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Safe Schools Act - Juvenile Notification Requirements
H.B. 1160 - Section 1
Requires a court to notify specified school administrators if the court places a child enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school u...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Prohibiting Gangs in Schools
H.B. 1160 - Section 1, 7-424.2
Requires the state board of education to develop a model policy to address gangs and gang-like activity in schools by March 31, 2011; Using ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline
H.B. 973
This bill requires each local board of education to provide each student in grades 6-12 with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Cris...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Exception to Law Prohibiting Driver of School Vehicle From Using Wireless Telephone
H.B. 934
This bill establishes an exception for the use of a handheld telephone utilizing push-to-talk technology by an individual operating a commer...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Prohibits Driver of School Vehicle Carrying Passengers From Using a Handheld Telephone
S.B. 321
This bill prohibits the driver of a school vehicle that is carrying passengers and is in motion from using a handheld telephone. The prohibi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Individualized Education Program - Required Notice
H.B. 269
Requires that appropriate school personnel provide the parents of a child with a disability with accessible copies of all documents relating...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Braille Standards
H.B. 413
Requires the state board of education to establish standards for the mastery of Braille for use in English, language arts, and mathematics i...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Maryland Longitudinal Data System
S.B. 275
Establishes the Maryland Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) as a statewide data system that contains individual-level student data and workforc...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec. | Expands Eligibility for the Privileges Against Compelled Disclosure
H.B. 257
Expands eligibility for the privileges against compelled disclosure of (1) the source of news or information, regardless of whether the sour...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters
H.B. 176
Requires any public school that administers the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to choose the score reporting "Option 8,"...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Mentoring
H.B. 1263 - Induction and Mentoring Section
Requires the state board to establish standards for effective mentoring that is focused; is systematic; is ongoing; is high quality; is gear...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Recruitment of Highly Effective Teachers and Principals
H.B. 1263 - Teacher/Principal Recruitment in High Need Schools
This section requires the state board of education to establish a program to support locally negotiated incentives for highly effective clas...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Extends Probationary Period of Employment and Adds Student Growth to Evaluation Process
H.B. 1263 - Tenure and Evaluation Sections
Extends the probationary period of employment (nontenure) for certificated employees from 2 years to 3 years, requires that nontenured certi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Public School Labor Relations Board
S.B. 590/H.B. 243
This bill establishes a Public School Labor Relations Board (PSLRB) to administer and enforce the labor relations laws for local boards of e...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 03/2010 |
P-12 | Athletics - Participation of Students with Disabilities
COMAR 13A.06.03.04
Ensures that students with disabilities have an opportunity to try out for and if selected participate in athletic programs, provide reasona...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 02/2010 |
P-12 | Updates Science Graduation Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.04
Amends rules to update current science graduation requirements to include environmental science as an option for a science credit. http://ww...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Adopted 05/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Requirements for Degree-granting HE Institutions
COMAR 13B.02.02.01 to .22
Establishes minimum requirements for issuing certificates, diplomas, and degrees by in-state public and private institutions of postsecondar...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Suspension/Expulsion -- not for Attendance Offenses only
H.B. 660; S.B. 241
Prohibits a principal from suspending or expelling a student from school solely for attendance-related offenses.
http://mlis.state.md.us/200...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Standardized Course Numbering in Public Schools
H.B. 588
Authorizes the State Department of Education to develop a standardized course numbering system to facilitate the collection of data on stude...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Physical Fitness Measurement Program
S.B. 879
Requires each local school system to develop and implement an annual physical fitness measurement program; establishes specified program ele...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | School Wellness Policy
H.B. 1264; S.B. 879
Authorizes local school systems to develop and implement Wellness Policy Implementation and Monitoring Plans to establish baseline student d...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Youth Advisory Council Member
H.B. 485; S.B. 463
Alters the term of a youth member of the Youth Advisory Council; increases the term of a youth member who is elected cochair of the Council;...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Grant Program for Dual-enrollment Students
H.B. 1396
Expands eligibility in the Part-Time Grant Program to include specified students who are dually enrolled in specified secondary schools in t...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | High School Enrollment Options
S.B. 689
Establishes a Study Group on Expanding Enrollment Options for High School Students; establishes the membership and staffing of the Study Gro...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Part-Time Grant Program
H.B. 948
Changes the number of semester hours of courses in which a student must be enrolled in order to qualify as a part-time student for the Part-...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Textbook Policies
H.B. 85; S.B. 183
Requires public institutions of higher education in the state, excluding overseas programs of the University of Maryland University College,...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Student Dating Violence Prevention
S.B. 1049
Requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement in the public schools a program to educate students about dating violence; re...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Tracking of Students in Teachers's Class
H.B. 379; S.B. 990
Requires the State Department of Education to develop a uniform data collection method to track the number of students who regularly partici...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Identification Numbers
H.B. 587
Authorizes the State Department of Education to assign a unique identification number to each teacher employed in the public schools in the ...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
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 scho...
| More... |
Students |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 306; S.B. 257
Establishes, through an Interstate Compact with specified member states, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Chil...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.09-1
Establishes rules relating to the graduation requirements in public high schools in the state. In particular, procedures for denial of high ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teacher Certification for Environmental Ed. and Dance
COMAR 13A.12.02.12, .18
Amends rules relating to teacher certification. Adds two new content areas, Environmental Education and Dance and brings the number of credi...
| More... |
Finance--Lotteries |
Approved by voters 11/2008 |
P-12 | Lottery Funds for Education
Question 2
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming in the State for the primary purpose of providing funds...
| More... |
Governance |
Chapter No. 559 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Youth Advisory Council
S.B. 1
Establishes the Youth Advisory Council; provides for the appointment, selection, membership, terms, and duties of the Council; establishes a...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
S.B. 473
Requires the State Department of Education to require local school systems to utilize passive parental consent before administering the Yout...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | School to Farm Program
S.B. 158
Establishes the Jane Lawton Farm-to-School Program in the Department of Agriculture to promote the sale of farm products grown in the state ...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Adopted 05/2008 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Age Eligibility
COMAR 13A.08.01.01
Provides for transfers to public kindergarten of age- eligible kindergarten students attending nonpublic kindergarten programs.
Unsafe Scho...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Adult and Family Literacy Programs
S.B. 773
Requires the State Department of Education each year by August 1 to compile a list by county of adult education and family literacy services...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Information on GED and Obtaining High School Diploma
H.B. 953; S.B. 264
Requires representatives of local boards of education to provide information concerning alternative education programs and GED program requi...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Response to High Truancy Rates
H.B. 285; S.B.96
Requires a county board of education to require elementary schools with certain truancy rates to implement a positive behavioral interventio...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Background Checks and Hiring Restrictions
H.B. 652
Prohibits a county board of education from knowingly hiring or retaining any individual who has been convicted of specified crimes including...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Attendance Outside Assigned School Boundaries
S.B. 77
Requires a superintendent of schools of a county to allow a child to attend a public school in a school attendance area other than the schoo...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Student Voting Rights
H.B. 1258
Declares the intent of the General Assembly that teachers of Baltimore City public high school students inform students about the federal, S...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Financial Literacy
H.B. 1242; S.B. 533
Creates a Task Force to Study How to Improve Financial Literacy in the State; requires the task force to study the current ability of high s...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Public Service Career Assistance
H.B. 1287
Establishes the Parren J. Mitchell Public Service Scholarship in the Workforce Shortage Student Assistance grants program; requires the Stat...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Task Force on Student Physical Fitness
S.B. 955
Establishes a Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in State Public Schools; provides that the task force shall study the advisability of r...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Application Fee for New Higher Education Institutions
S.B. 187
Authorizes the Maryland Higher Education Commission to require an application fee from institutions of postsecondary education seeking certi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Credit Card Marketing on College Campuses
H.B. 1210
Requires institutions of higher education to develop certain policies regarding credit card marketing activities and merchandising conducted...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Minority |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | College Campus Diversity and Tolerance
H.B. 905; S.B. 438
Requires private institutions of higher education eligible for state aid to submit a report on programs to promote and enhance cultural dive...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | School Bullying Policies
H.B. 199
Requires the State Board of Education to develop a certain model policy prohibiting bullying, harassment and intimidation in schools; requir...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Student Suspensions
H.B. 139; S.B. 582
Provides a task force to study issues related to students with multiple suspensions; requires principals to report suspensions in writing to...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | School Crossing Guard Authority
H.B. 230
Authorizes a school crossing guard who meets specified qualifications to stop or otherwise direct vehicles and pedestrians on a highway or o...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Physical Ed. for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 1411; S.B. 849
Requires county boards of education to ensure that students with disabilities have certain opportunities in specified physical education and...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 04/2008 |
P-12 | Career Development Guidance
COMAR 13A.04.10.01, .02
Provides the Maryland Career Development Framework standards to guide the implementation of a systematic instructional program in career dev...
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Students |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Education of Military Children
H.B. 784; S.B. 457
Establishes a Task Force on Educational Issues Affecting Military Children; provides that the task force shall examine educational issues af...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Military Recruitment and Student Rights
S.B. 428
Requires public schools to provide notice to specified students or the parents or guardians of the students about the right not to release s...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 04/2008 |
P-12 | Textbooks in Alternative Formats
COMAR 13A.06.05.01
Ensures that local school systems and public agencies purchase textbooks and instructional materials from publishers that agree to provide t...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Enacted 11/2007 |
P-12 | School Funding Formula and Revenues
H.B. 1A
Relates to funding for public and private elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and community colleges; relates to property ass...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Enacted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Video Lottery Funding for Education
H.B. 4A
Adds a new article to the State Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming in the State for the primary purpose of providing fu...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Family Day Care Quality
COMAR 13A.14.04.02, .14
Increases the required preservice and continued training requirements for registered family child care providers to help improve the quality...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Child Care Center Licensing and Staff Requirements
COMAR 13A.14.02.02, .18, .21-.23, .25-.27
Increases the required preservice and continued training requirements for child care center staff and change the nomenclature of child care ...
| More... |
P-3 |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | Child Care Credential Program - Incentives
COMAR 13A.14.09.02-.07, .08, .09
Provides an incentive for licensed child care program administrators to increase their program management knowledge and skills by establishi...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Adopted 08/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary Institution Diploma and Degree Requirements
COMAR 13B.02.02.02-.08, .10-.19, .21, .22
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish minimum requirements for issuing certificates, diplomas, and degrees by publi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Issued 08/2007 |
P-12 | Governor's Interagency Transition Council for Youth with Disabilities
E.O. 14; 2007-13
(Executive Order No. 2007-13) Establishes the Governor's Interagency Transition Council for Youth with Disabilities. The Council will annua...
| More... |
Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Student Self-Injury Prevention
H.B. 1046
Requires the State Superintendent of Schools, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish and promote in...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
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 recip...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition Waivers for Foster Care Recipients
H.B. 1309
Clarifies the definition of a foster care recipient; provides that specified foster youth placed by the Department of Human Resources in out...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Student Record Confidentiality in Harassment Cases
H.B. 383
Requires that the information contained in a specified form relating to harassment or intimidation in schools be kept confidential with spec...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Student Discipline Guidelines
S.B. 132
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines governing student discipline; requires local school systems to adopt rules and reg...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Rehiring Retired Teachers
H.B. 962
Increases the minimum number of specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or Teachers' Pension System that school districts may ...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Textbook Tax Credit
H.B. 204
Allows specified individuals to claim a credit against the State income tax up to a specified amount for textbooks purchased for use at inst...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Became law without governor's signature 04/2007 |
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, ...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Commission on Civic Literacy
S.B. 492
Establishes a Commission on Civic Literacy; requires the Commission to elect specified officers from among its members; requires the State D...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | HPV Vaccine Task Force
H.B. 1049; S.B. 774
Establishes a Task Force on the HPV Vaccine; provides for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; provides that the members of the Ta...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Child Abuse Reporting
H.B. 1332; S.B 876
Provides that specified provisions pertaining to the disclosure of a report or record of suspected child abuse to public schools be made app...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
H.B. 1199
Alters the criteria used to determine whether a school qualifies to participate in the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program....
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
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 recip...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Policies
S.B. 57; H.B. 275
Includes the renewal of certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as part of the State and Local Aid Program f...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12 | Natl. Board for Prof. Teaching Standards Certification Aid
H.B. 275; S.B. 57
Includes the renewal of certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as part of the State and Local Aid Program f...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | Alternative Ways to Earn a High School Diploma
COMAR 13A.03.03.01
Ensures state alignment with national policies of the American Council on Education and consistency within the operations of the Maryland St...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | American Sign Language as Foreign Language Credit
COMAR 13A.03.02.04
Amends rules to the Board of Education. Allows students to use American Sign Language as an alternative to foreign language in fulfilling gr...
| More... |
Student Achievement |
Issued 10/2006 |
P-12 | Maryland Youth Council
Executive Order 01.01.2006.10
Establishes the Maryland Youth Council to encourage young people throughout the State of Maryland to consider and discuss how government, wo...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teacher Certification: Non-degreed candidates and Middle School Teachers
COMAR 13A.12.01.05, .12.02.05, .05
Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Aligns the initialcertification requirements of non- bachelor-degreed trades and industry...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | High School Exit Exam
COMAR 13A.03.02.08
Extends to students graduating before 2009 the option of substituting participation in a Department-approved test for participation in a Mar...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | Student Record Systems and Reports
COMAR 13A.02.06.02, .08.01.01, .08.02.01, .07
Amends rules regarding the 2006 Maryland Student Record Systems Manual. Provides that 2006-2007 school year, serious bodily injury and in-sc...
| More... |
Assessment |
Rule Adoption 05/2006 |
P-12 | High School Math Assessment Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.04, .12
Amends rules regarding exemption of students from taking the Maryland High School Assessment for algebra/data analysis if they completed and...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance Task Force
H.B. 36; SB 741
Establishes a Task Force to Study Raising the Compulsory Public School Attendance Age to 18; requires the Task Force to evaluate and make re...
| More... |
Attendance |
Vetoed 05/2006 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance in Baltimore
S.B. 741
Increases the age range for compulsory public school attendance in Baltimore City to between the ages of 5 years old and 18 years old; requi...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006 |
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 arrange...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Adult Education Programs
H.B. 1130
Requires the State Department of Education to provide competitive adult education grants beginning in fiscal year 2007 for specified eligibl...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Residential Boarding Programs
H.B. 1432
Authorizes the establishment of residential boarding education programs for at risk youth to be operated under the supervision of the State ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Integrated Children and Family Programs for At Risk Youth
S.B. 882
Establishes an advisory council to the children's cabinet to make recommendations to the children's cabinet on methods for meeting the polic...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Background Checks for Nonpublic School Employees
S.B. 111
Prohibits nonpublic schools from knowingly employing an individual with specified criminal convictions, including child sexual abuse, if tha...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Civic Literacy Summit
S.B. 47
Establishes the Task Force to Convene a Summit on Civic Literacy in Maryland; provides for the composition, powers, and duties of the Task F...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Positive Behavior Programs in Elementary Schools
H.B. 1495
Alters the standard by which a county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City shall require specified ele...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. | Workforce and Economic Development Scholarships
H.B. 988; S.B. 552
Consolidates specified workforce shortage and economic development student scholarship and grant programs in the Maryland Higher Education C...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Became law without governor's signature 04/2006 |
P-12 | School Board of Education Elections
S.B. 129; SB 373
Authorizes certain political parties to nominate candidates to the ballot if the parties do not nominate candidates by primary election; cla...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Open Meetings Laws
H.B. 698; S.B. 623
Requires a public body that adjourns an open session to carry out an executive function in a meeting that is not open to the public to inclu...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | School Health Coordinators
H.B. 613
Requires each county board of education to designate a school health services program coordinator; permitting a county board to authorize th...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Rate Data
H.B. 71; S.B. 59
Requires county boards of education to collect, maintain, and analyze certain graduation rates using certain formulas by certain dates; requ...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 | Educational Technology Pilot Program
H.B. 1439; S.B. 848
Establishes the Educational Technology Pilot Program in Baltimore City and Dorchester, Prince George's, Somerset, and St. Mary's counties; r...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Infants and Toddlers Program
H.B. 133; S.B. 367
Repeals a limitation that grants provided under the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program are subject to the availability of funds in the St...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program
H.B. 601
Requires the Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program to be administered by the State Department of Education; authorizes the Department t...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Task Force on Universal Preschool Education
H.B. 1466
Establishes a Task Force on Universal Preschool Education; providing for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; specifies the purpos...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. | State Higher Education Plan
H.B. 122
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to submit a review of the State Plan for Higher Education to the Governor and to the Gener...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. | Transfers from Unaccredited Higher Education Institutions
S.B. 270
Requires an institution of higher education that does not possess regional accreditation to require its students to sign a letter of acknowl...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. | Scholarship for Veterans and Dependents
H.B. 3; S.B. 305
Establishes the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship; alters eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memoria...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Funding Policies
S.B. 998; H.B. 1634
Amends the Maryland Charter for Higher Education to require specified funding policies to allocate State resources comparably and equitably ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. |
H.B. 1674
Relates to the university system; prohibits a member of the Board of Regents from being a candidate for public office while serving on the B...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Funding for Community Colleges
H.B. 533; SB 357
Alters the Senator John A. Cade Funding Formula for community colleges to allow colleges that are no longer eligible for funding under the s...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community College Grants for English Language Learners
S.B. 575
Increases the total amount of grants that may be distributed to specified community colleges in order to provide instruction and services to...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Grant Program for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 1681
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for supplemental services and supports for stu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Baltimore Community College Presidential Responsibilities
H.B. 693; S.B. 501
Alters the title of the head of the Community College of Baltimore County; provides that the President of the Community College of Baltimore...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Task Force on School Safety
S.B. 146
Establishes a Task Force on School Safety; provides for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; authorizes the Task Force to establis...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 | Discounted Public Transportation for Baltimore Students
H.B. 177
Extends through fiscal year 2010 the authorization for Baltimore City to use local highway user revenues for students costs of discounted st...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Resources for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
H.B. 710; S.B. 392
Relates to blind and visually impaired students. Requires the State Department of Education to establish a specified instructional resources...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Maryland Alternative Teaching Opportunity Program
H.B. 794
Establishes the Maryland Alternative Teaching Opportunity Program in the State Department of Education; authorizes the Department to select ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | National Board Certified Teacher Pilot Program
S.B. 458; H.B. 652
Establishes the National Board Certified Teacher Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; authorizes the State Superintendent of ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
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; requi...
| More... |
Assessment |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12 | Algebra Assessment for NCLB Requirements
COMAR 13A.01.04.04, .05, 13A.03.02.04, .07 thru .09
Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Replaces the Geometry Maryland School Assessment with the Algebra High School Assessment ...
| More... |
P-3 Governance |
Issued 03/2006 |
P-12 | Amends Membership of the Advisory Council for Children
01.01.2006-03 (Executive Order)
Amends amend Executive Order 01.01.2005.34, which established the Advisory Council for Children; the Governor's Office for Children as a sep...
| More... |
P-3 |
Issued 02/2006 |
P-12 | Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2006.02
Establishes the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council, defines membership and duties. Purposes of council includes increasing acc...
| More... |
Attendance |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 | Attending school outside of county
COMAR 13A.08.05.01 thru .07
Requires a county superintendent to allow a child who is a Maryland resident to attend a public school free of charge in a county other than...
| More... |
School Safety |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 | Positive Behavioral Interventions
COMAR 13A.08.06.02
Proposes to amend rules requiring each county board of education and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to require an elementa...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 07/2005 |
P-12 | Administrators And Supervisors
COMAR 13A.12.04.04, .05
Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Revises the certification regulation for supervisors of instruction, assistant principals...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Rule Adoption 07/2005 |
P-12 | Educational Programs In Nonpublic Schools
COMAR 12A.09.10.01 thru .20
Proposes to amend rules to the Board of Education. Brings educational programming standards in these institutions into alignment with revisi...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Rule Adoption 05/2005 |
P-12 | Kindergarten admissions
COMAR 13A.08.01.01, .02, .02-2
Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Provides for transfers to public kindergarten. Requires local boards of education to esta...
| More... |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Physical Education Director
S.B. 233
Requiring the State Department of Education to employ a full-time director of physical education.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/s...
| More... |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education
S.B. 440
Establishes the Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education and requires the University System of Mar...
| More... |
Curriculum--Speech Education |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Higher Education - Scholarships - Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists
H.B. 1235
Authorizing an area of critical shortage to include speech language pathology or audiology services under the Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memor...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Asthma Drugs
H.B. 143
Requires each public school system to adopt a policy authorizing a student to possess and self- administer specified medication pertaining t...
| More... |
Health |
Rule Adoption 04/2005 |
P-12 | State Board Of Education
COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01
Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Student Health Promotion Act of 2005
S.B. 473
Requiring each county board of education to include the importance of physical activity as part of instruction in health education; requirin...
| More... |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (47-0) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Youth Suicide Prevention School Program - Mental Health Programs
H.B. 930
Authorizing the Youth Suicide Prevention School Program to include specified mental health programs; requiring the Youth Suicide Prevention ...
| More... |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
(H) THIRD READING PASSED (131-0) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Children in State-Supervised Care - Transfer of Educational Records
S.B. 426
Requiring a placement agency responsible for a child in State-supervised care, or the agency's designee, to provide notice to a public schoo...
| More... |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Children in State-Supervised Care - Transfer of Educational Records
H.B. 1259
Requiring a placement agency responsible for a child in State-supervised care, or the agency's designee, to provide notice to a public schoo...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (44-2) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Principals - Fellowship and Leadership Development Program
H.B. 995
Establishing the statewide Principal Fellowship and Leadership Development Program in the State Department of Education; requiring the Depar...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Child Care Administration and Office for Children, Youth, and Families and Maryland Family Support Centers Network - Transfer to State Department of Education
H.B. 932
Establishing an Early Childhood Development Division within the State Department of Education; transferring the Child Care Administration fr...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 |
P-12 | State Department of Education - Early Learning and Child Care Programs
H.B. 1491
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a plan to accredit certain early learning programs and child care programs that are p...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Baccalaureate Degree Programs
H.B. 228
Authorizes regional higher education centers and community colleges to submit to the Higher Education Commission requests for proposals for ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Student Financial Assistance
S.B. 32
Requires the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to grant a deferment from the service ob...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award - Qualification Requirements
H.B. 1373
Altering the qualification requirements for applicants for a Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award; and prohibiting the ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Regional Higher Education Centers
H.B. 597
Authorizes the Maryland Higher Education Commission to approve the operation of regional higher education centers in the State under specifi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (44-2) 04/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community College Students with Disabilities Task Force
H.B. 1236
Establishing the Community College Students with Disabilities Task Force; providing for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; requi...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (31-15) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Suspended or Expelled Students - Community Resources List
H.B. 1074
Requiring a student considered for suspension or expulsion from school or the student's parent or guardian to be given a community resources...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Public School Facilities
S.B. 766
Repeals a provision of law requiring the transfer of public school facilities and property from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to t...
| More... |
Service-Learning |
Vetoed 04/2005 |
P-12 | Department of Juvenile Services Educational Programs - Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions
S.B. 503
Requiring private residential rehabilitative institutions to develop and implement a specified educational program; requiring a specified ed...
| More... |
Special Education |
(S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (44-2) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Department of Juvenile Services Educational Programs - Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions
H.B. 1148
Requiring private residential rehabilitative institutions to develop and implement a specified educational program; requiring a specified ed...
| More... |
Special Education |
(H) THIRD READING PASSED (137-0) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Pilot Program to Study and Improve Screening Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders
S.B. 834
Establishing a Pilot Program to Study and Improve Screening Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Department of Education; requirin...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
(H) THIRD READING PASSED (135-0) 04/2005 |
P-12 | Quality Teacher Incentive Act - Increasing Participation
S.B. 266
Increasing the maximum number of teachers selected each year to participate in the State and Local Aid Program for Certification by the Nati...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
Vetoed 04/2005 |
P-12 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards stipend
S.B. 268
Providing for a stipend of up to a maximum of $2,000 for certificated school-based employees who work directly with students or teachers and...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 | General Instructional Programs
COMAR 13A.01.04.04, .05, .03.02.02, .04, .01 thru .09
Adopts rules to the Maryland State Board of Education. Deals with graduation requirements in public high schools in Maryland. Merges the Eng...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Enhancement of Juvenile Services Programs
H.B. 1139
Establishes the Department of Juvenile Services Education Department; requires each facility established and operated by the Department of J...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Truancy Reduction Pilot Program
H.B. 1443
Authorizes the establishment of a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in certain counties; establishes that failure of children to attend school...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Juvenile Services Step Down Aftercare
S.B. 767
Requires a child discharged from a committed residential placement to receive step down aftercare for a period to be determined by the Depar...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Public School Modular Construction
H.B. 199
Requires the Board of Public Works to include modular construction as an approved public school construction or capital cost; requires the B...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Public School Facilities Act
S.B. 787
Authorizes a county to finance the construction or renovation of public school facilities, under specified circumstances, using alternative ...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Public School Facilities Act
H.B. 1230
Authorizes a county to finance the construction or renovation of public school facilities, under specified circumstances, using alternative ...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
H.B. 358
Requires the State Department of Education to establish procedures for the administration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Standards for Kindergarten Programs
COMAR 13A.03.01, .01, .04, 13A.03.02, .01-.12
Proposes rules regarding standards for kindergarten programs and graduation requirements for public high schools. MARYLAND REG 9845 (SN)...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Programs of the University System of Maryland
S.B. 812
Repeals a specified termination provision relating to procedures governing the approval of new programs at institutions of higher education;...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | State Digital Library
H.B. 1167
Establishes the State Digital Library in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; authorizes the State Higher Education Commission to encou...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Resident Tuition Charges
H.B. 172
Establishes that specified military personnel, spouses and dependents of military personnel, and veterans are exempt from paying nonresident...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Vetoed 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Affordability and Access Act
H.B. 1188
Limits the annual increase in tuition that may be charged to a resident undergraduate student at specified public senior higher education in...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | University System of Maryland Governing Authority
S.B. 738
Provides that the authority of the Board of Regents of the University System may not be superseded by any other State agency or office in ma...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Vetoed 05/2004 |
P-12 | Safe Schools Reporting Act
H.B. 740
Requires county boards of education to create a program for reporting incidents of harassment or intimidation against students attending pub...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Certification of School Social Workers
H.B. 1040
Requires the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to certify certain social workers as profes...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | School for the Blind
H.B. 741
Requires local education agencies to notify the parents or guardians of blind or visually impaired children, including children with multipl...
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Special Education |
Vetoed 05/2004 |
P-12 | State School for the Blind
S.B. 174
Requires local education agencies to notify the parents or guardians of blind or visually impaired children, including children with multipl...
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Students--Mobility |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Transfer of Military Personnel Dependents
H.B. 240
Requires the State Board of Education to pursue reciprocity agreements with other states regarding the terms of transfer of student dependen...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Searches of Students
H.B. 130
Authorizes a county board of education to authorize a teacher to make a reasonable search of specified students on a school-sponsored trip u...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Aid Program for the Certification of Teachers
S.B. 1
Extends the termination provision relating to a certain State and local aid program for the certification of teachers....
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Teachers' Pension System
S.B. 397
Allows former members who meet specified criteria to receive service credit in the Teachers' Pension System for military service; requires t...
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Finance |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Education Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Act
S.B. 894
Requires the Superintendent and the Department of Education to monitor the financial status of each county board of education and report to ...
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High School |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | High School Diploma
H.B. 474
Allows an individual honorably discharged from military service to apply to specified county boards of education to obtain a high school dip...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | National Guard Students
H.B. 1314
Requires a public institution of higher education to allow a national guard student to withdraw from courses the student is currently enroll...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Tuition Waiver
H.B. 322
Alters the requirements for exemption from payment of tuition at community colleges for specified individuals; relates to disabled persons o...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Unrestricted Grants to Community Colleges
H.B. 641
Requires certain community colleges to continue to receive additional ongoing unrestricted grants after a specified time....
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety Enforcement Fund
H.B. 97
Alters the date by which the Secretary of State Police is required to report to the Governor and General Assembly on the status of the Schoo...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Operation of School Vehicles
H.B. 356
Authorizes specified school vehicles to be operated for a specified amount of time; providing that school vehicles operating under a certain...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Transitioning Students with Disabilities
H.B. 988
Amends Division of Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Education responsibilities with county boards of education about transition ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Positive Behavioral Interventions
H.B. 1288
Requires a county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City to require elementary schools with a suspension...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Rule Adoption 03/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Continuing Education
COMAR 09.11.06, .01 thru .05
Proposes rules to regulate the conduct of continuing education courses provided through various transmission technologies, distance learning...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 | Terms of Employment
COMAR 13A.07.02, .01
Specifies that a provisional contract is to be used for resident teacher certificate holders and for conditional certificate holders. MARYLA...
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Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
P-12 | Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund Program
COMAR 07.04.12, 01 thru .08
Establishes requirements for the administration and operation of programs funded through the Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund Program,...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 08/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Mentoring Programs/Terms of Employment
COMAR 13A.07.01.01, 13A.07.02.01
Implements the name change of provisional certificate to conditional certificate to align with changes made to the requirements for certific...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Review and Recognition of Schools under NCLB
COMAR 13A.01.04.09
A. The State Board and the State Superintendent of Schools shall annually review the progress of each local school system to determine if th...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | State Reconstitution
COMAR 13A.01.04.10
A. If the State Board of Education rejects a local board of education reconstitution proposal, school improvement plan, or annual update, or...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Home Schooling
COMAR 13A.10.01.01
A. Purpose. The purpose of this regulation is to establish a procedure to be used by the superintendent of each local school system to deter...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Consequences of Deficiencies in Home Schooling Program
COMAR 13A.10.01.03
A. Failure to Consent. If a parent or guardian does not agree to the requirements of Regulation .01B, C, and D, above, a child shall be enro...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Home Instruction Under Supervision of Nonpublic School
COMAR 13A.10.01.05
A. A parent or guardian may provide instruction for a child at home without compliance with the requirements of this regulation, other than ...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Student Performance Areas to Include in NCLB Reporting and Accountability
COMAR 13A.01.04.04
A. Student Performance Areas. The following data-based areas shall be measured by the standards in Regulation .05 of this chapter and report...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | AYP Measures
COMAR 13A.01.04.05
A. The attendance rate represents the average daily attendance rate of students in grades 1-12, including ungraded special education student...
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No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Unsafe School Choice Transfer Policy
COMAR 13A.08.01.20
A. Each local school system shall allow a student attending a public elementary or secondary school to attend a safe public elementary or se...
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No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | NCLB School Improvement, Corrective Action and Restructuring
COMAR 13A.01.04.07
A. School Identified for Improvement.
(1) Before the beginning of school year 2003-04 and annually by July 1 thereafter, each local school s...
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No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Requirements for Local School System Improvement and Corrective Action
COMAR 13A.01.04.08
A. Local School System Improvement.
(1) The State Board, upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Schools or upon its own moti...
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No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | NCLB-Related School Performance Reporting Requirements
COMAR 13A.01.04.06
A. Maryland School Performance Report.
(1) Annually before the beginning of the school year, the Department shall publish the Maryland Schoo...
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School Safety |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Student Right to Safe School Environment
COMAR 13A.01.04.03
Establishes that all students in Maryland's public schools, without exception and regardless of race, ethnicity, region, religion, gender, s...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Definitions of "Persistently Dangerous School," "Violent Criminal Offense" and "Safe School"
COMAR 13A.08.01.18
Implements the Unsafe School Choice Option of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
A. In Regulations .19 and .20 of this chapter, t...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Probationary and Persistently Dangerous School Designation
COMAR 13A.08.01.19
A. Probationary Status.
(1) The State Board of Education shall place on probationary status any school having each year for a period of 2 co...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Additional Content Endorsement on Professional Teaching Certificate
COMAR 13A.12.01.13
A. In General. Additional specific certification areas shall be added to a professional certificate if the applicant:
(1) Meets the content ...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Data Collection Forms for Schools
H.B. 1055
Extends the implementation date for the applicability of specified standards for data collection forms for schools, school systems, and the ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Children in Informal Kinship Care Relationships
S.B. 32
Defines "informal kinship care" as a child who is not under the care or custody of social services living with a relative due to serious fam...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Residential Child Care Programs
S.B. 178
Defines "residential child care program" and specifies that group homes, alternative living units and emergency shelter care are classified ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
H.B. 490
Makes juvenile justice alternative education pilot program a permanent, non-pilot program. Specifies that the juvenile justice alternative ...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Students in Unpaid Work Based Learning Experiences
H.B. 1128
Requires employers to provide workers' compensation coverage to students in unpaid work based learning experiences; designates the employer ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public Charter School Act
S.B. 75
Establishes the Maryland Public Charter School Program. Defines public charter school. Designates local board of education as the primary pu...
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Finance |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Paper Gaming to Pay for Specified School Costs
H.B. 1000
Establishes in Allegany County a licensing procedure for specified for-profit businesses and qualified organizations to sell paper gaming de...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Use of Solar Energy
S.B. 2
Relates to the pilot program to use solar energy in public school buildings. Extends program from solely newly constructed buildings to also...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Facilities
S.B. 498
Extends the Aging Schools Program to fiscal year 2004 and every fiscal year thereafter; Requires the impact of the proposed goals, objective...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | High School Diplomas for Certain Honorably Discharged Veterans
S.B. 56
Allows an honorably discharged veteran to apply to obtain a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from an accredited full-time publ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Bargaining Representation for Baltimore Paraprofessionals and Administrators
H.B. 778
Includes supervisory noncertificated employees in the definition of public school employee as it applies to provisions that relate to organi...
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Leadership |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
P-12 | Study Commission on Educators' Time and Paperwork
H.B. 873
Establishes a Study Commission on Educators' Time and Paperwork. Specifies the composition, powers, and duties of the commission. Provides a...
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Leadership |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
P-12 | Educators' Time and Paperwork
S.B. 558
Establishes a Study Commission of Educators' Time and Paperwork; establishes membership of commission. Requires the commission to: (1) cond...
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P-3 |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Education
H.B. 635
Authorizes early childhood educational and developmental programs to enter specified agreements to promote early childhood educational progr...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed by Governor 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Educational Excellence Awards
H.B. 774
Requires at least a certain amount of funding for certain student financial assistance programs to be allocated to institutions of higher ed...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Resident Tuition Charges
H.B. 253
Establishes that certain students, other than nonresident aliens, shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at specified public instit...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed by Governor 05/2003 |
Postsec. | College Savings Plans
H.B. 30
Establishes the College Savings Plans of Maryland and the State Prepaid College Trust; changes the name of the Maryland Higher Education Inv...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed by Governor 05/2003 |
Postsec. | College Savings Plans
S.B. 499
Establishes the College Savings Plans of Maryland; establishes the State Prepaid College Trust; provides that the College Savings Plans, the...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Pager Ban on School Grounds Repealed
S.B. 466
Repeals the prohibition against possessing a portable pager on public school property in Baltimore City and Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Maryland School for the Blind
H.B. 948
Requires each county board of education to annually pay to the Maryland School for the Blind an amount equal to the local share of the basic...
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Special Education |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 | Provision of a Free Appropriate Public Education
COMAR 13A.05.01.13 thru .16; 13A.05.02.04, .05, .13; 13A.08.04.01 thru .06
Ensures State Regulations are in conformance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Implements standards for student b...
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Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Definition of Gifted and Talented Students
H.B. 307
Expands the definition of artistically gifted and talented student from including one who has "outstanding abilities" in the creative, visua...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | State Debt for School Facilities
S.B. 7
Authorizes the creation of a State Debt to be used as a grant to the Interagency Committee on School Construction for the allocation to elig...
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Postsecondary |
Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2002 |
Postsec. | Maryland College Investment Plan STATE ID: 02-375
COMAR 14.15.02.01 -.04
Makes definitions relating to the Maryland Higher Education Investment Board. MARYLAND REG 9299 (SN)...
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Postsecondary |
Adopted 12/2002 |
Postsec. | Individual Income Tax STATE ID: 02-345
COMAR 03.04.02.15
Provides procedures for the computation application of certain addition and subtraction modifications for an individual who establishes an a...
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No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Accountability Reporting
N/A
Performance Reporting Web site: http://msp.msde.state.md.us/...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12 | K-16 Leadership Council Formalized
H.B. 661
Requires that K-16 Leadership Council be formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by K-12 and postsecondary officials; and th...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 | Free Prekindergarten for Economically Disadvantaged Children
S.B. 856
Requires districts by 2007-08 school year to provide free prekindergarten programs to all eligible children within district. Defines "eligib...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec. | Tuition and county residency
HB 522
Providing that a student who resides in Howard County or Prince George's County and attends the Laurel College Center is deemed an in-county...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Establishing rules for procurements
HB 572
Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Community College of Baltimore County to conduct noncompetitive negotiations for specified procurem...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Grants to community colleges
HB 179
Altering the fiscal year in which unrestricted grants of specified amounts shall be distributed to the boards of each small community colleg...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community college grants
HB 179
Provides for certain unrestricted grants to be provided to the Board of certain small community colleges....
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community colleges technology program
HB 1237
An act extending the Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program for state community colleges for a certain number of years, alters the i...
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Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Need-Based Financial Aid Programs
H.B. 661
Requires governor to include in state budget at least 80% of funds appropriated in prior fiscal year for specified need-based financial aid ...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Tobacco Tax for Education
S.B. 856
Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte...
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Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Enrollment Count Review Committee
S.B. 856
Requires department to gather a committee of interested stakeholders to examine specified issues related to enrollment counts to ensure that...
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Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Education Finance Adequacy Study Mandated
S.B. 856
Requires the department to contact with a public or private organization by June 30, 2012 to evaluate education finance adequacy issues in t...
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Finance--Does Money Matter? |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Study of Effect of State Aid on Student and School Performance
S.B. 856
Requires department to evaluate the effect of increased state aid for education on student and school performance in each locla school syste...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Legislative Intent That Specified Programs Be Funded
S.B. 856
Establishes legislative intent that programs that received funding in the FY03 budget be funded in future state budgets. Programs are: Gift...
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Middle School |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Development of Middle School Teacher Certification
H.B. 661
Requires that the department and Professional Standards in Teaching Education Board develop a certificate for middle school teachers. http:/...
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P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Full-Day Kindergarten Implementation
S.B. 856
Requires county boards to provide full-day kindergarten for all kindergarten students by 2007-08 school year. Each district's comprehensive...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program
H.B. 1370
Allows, if federal funds are sufficient, districts in addition to Baltimore and Prince George's County to apply to department for grants to ...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Principal Training Pilot Program
H.B. 7
Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to pr...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Districts to Develop Comprehensive Master Plans
S.B. 856
Requires each county board to develop and implement comprehensive master plan that states the goals and strategies to be used to raise stude...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | PSAT for 10th-Graders
H.B. 661
Requires the department to distribute grants in qualified distressed counties for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs
H.B. 949
Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Equal Access to Government Services to LEP Individuals
S.B. 265
States the intent of the general assembly that state agencies provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English p...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Finance Overhaul
S.B. 856
Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen...
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Civic Education |
Joint Resolution No. 05/2002 |
P-12 | Instruction to Encourage Patriotism Urged
H.J.R. 9
Urges local boards in Maryland to introduce instruction to encourage patriotism by including curriculum on or before Veterans' Day or Memori...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Instruction to Instill Patriotism
S.J.R. 2
Urges the boards of education in the state to introduce instruction to instill patriotism by developing and instituting curriculum on or bef...
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Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 05/2002 |
P-12 | Aging School Program Funds; Task Force to Study Public School Facilities
H.B. 937
Establishes new allocation method for district grants under the Aging Schools Program; provides specified additional funds yearly to county ...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Commission on State Fiscal Structure
H.B. 1
Establishes a Commission on State's Fiscal Structure; requires the Commission to review and evaluate the State's budget and tax structure; r...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Straw Poll for Change of School Board Member Selection
S.B. 700
Requires that a question be placed on the ballot in Dorchester County at the November general election of 2002 to determine voters' attitude...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
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 Maryl...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Asthma Control Program and School Personnel Asthma Training
H.B. 420
Creates an Asthma Control Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requires the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement t...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1163
Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation w...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Diplomas for Honorably Discharged Korean Conflict Veterans
H.B. 218
Allows honorably discharged veterans of the Korean Conflict to obtain a high school diploma by applying to the county board where the indivi...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Technology for Teacher Development and Classrooms
H.B. 1197
Includes computer-based technology, CD-ROM discs and web-based resources and courses in the definition of "technology" under this section. A...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program
S.B. 419
Establishes a Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program in the department to provide a statewide community-based interagency system of comprehen...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Maryland Teacher Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 1172
Expands eligibility for Maryland Teacher Scholarship to part-time undergraduate students; requires teaching assistants who apply to have bee...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Multiple State Scholarship Awards
H.B. 399
Allows a recipient of specified state scholarships and grants to hold specified other state scholarships and grants as long as the sum of al...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Certain Foster Care Recipients
H.B. 827
Clarifies the definition of a foster care recipient who may be eligible for waiver of certain tuition fees, to limit eligibility to individu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Scholarships for Children and Spouses of September 11 Victims
H.B. 300
Expands the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to include children and surviving spouses of victims of September 11, 2001 terrori...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Minimum GPAs for Maryland Scholarships
H.B. 316
Requires students applying for a Maryland Science and Technology Scholarship, Maryland Teacher Scholarship, or a Maryland HOPE Scholarship ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Vetoed 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Prepaid Tuition Program Accounts
H.B. 437
Prohibits the Higher Education Investment Board from allowing the same purchaser or contributor to purchase multiple prepaid tuition contrac...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Vetoed 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Maryland Prepaid Tuition Program
S.B. 383
Makes substantial changes to the Maryland prepaid tuition program. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0383e.rtf http://mlis.state.md....
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Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Need-Based Financial Aid Programs for Undergraduate and Professional Degrees; College Readiness Mentoring Program; PSAT for 10th-Graders, K-16 Leadership Council, Middle School Teacher Certificate
S.B. 453
Requires the department to distribute a grant in specified amounts to distressed counties in FY 03 and 04 and to all counties in FY05 and su...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Purchasing of Materials for Private K-12 and Postsecondary Schools
H.B. 779
Authorizes the Department of General Services to purchase materials, supplies and equipment on behalf of specified private elementary and se...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed by governor 05/2002 |
P-12 | Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program
H.B. 1370
Provides that if additional federal funding becomes available for the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program, counties other ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Hours at Which Baltimore Officers May Carry Firearms on School Property
H.B. 529
Permits Baltimore City school police officer to carrying a firearm on property of assigned school any time before or after regular school ho...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Pagers on School Property in Baltimore County
H.B. 1010
Repeals a prohibition against the possession of portable pagers on public school property in Baltimore County. Specifies that pagers are now...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Student Behavior Intervention Procedures and Task Force
H.B. 569
Defines terms used in student behavior intervention, such as "behavior intervention plan," "exclusionary time out," "functional behavior ass...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Vetoed 05/2002 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety Enforcement Fund Sources
S.B. 625
Alters the distribution of uninsured motorist penalty fees to provide for a distribution to the Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund providing for ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Equivalent Access to Technology for Students with Disabilities
S.B. 226
Defines "computer-based technology" as computer hardware or software used by teachers and students in the delivery of an instructional progr...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Placement in Nonpublic Setting and Provision of Wraparound Services
H.B. 1221
Defines "wraparound services." States that child in need of special education may be placed in appropriate nonpublic educational setting if ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Matters Which May and May Not Be Negotiated
S.B. 233
Alters the matters which may be negotiated by a public school employer or its designated representatives and certain employee organizations;...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Need- and Performance-Based Adult Education Grants
S.B. 737
Requires the department of education to distribute need- and performance-based grants for adult education. Adult education and -literacy gr...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Open Meetings Law
H.B. 270
Repeals an obsolete provision concerning the date by which the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board shall conduct educational programs f...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Terms and Compensation of Calvert County Board of Education
H.B. 267
Alters term limit on consecutive terms of a member of Calvert County Board of Education; alters the compensation received by the president o...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Date of Commencement of Board Members' Term
H.B. 1400
Requires that a member elected to the Carroll County Board of Education begin the member's term on the first Monday in December immediately ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Montgomery County Board Compensation
H.B. 706
Alters the compensation received by an elected member of the Montgomery County Board of Education; alters the additional compensation to whi...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Montgomery County Redistricting
H.B. 712
Redistricts the Board of Education districts of Montgomery County; alters compensation received by the president; does not apply to incumben...
| More... |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program
H.B. 986
Establishes a Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Human Resources; authorizes the Department to award grants as ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | Maryland National Guard Tuition Assistance
H.B. 899
Includes public postsecondary vocational-technical or trade schools and private postsecondary vocational-technical or trade schools that gra...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | District Purchasing of Goods or Commodities
S.B. 480
Authorizes a county board to participate in contracts for goods or commodities awarded by other public agencies or intergovernmental purchas...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Bidding for Goods or Commodities
H.B. 492
Authorizes a county board to participate in contracts for goods or commodities awarded by other public agencies or intergovernmental purchas...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
H.B. 1409
Repeals the termination date of the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program; requires the Department of Education to evaluate t...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | School Bus Operators' Licenses
H.B. 322
Requires an operator of a school bus to obtain a special commercial driver's license endorsement from the Motor Vehicle Administration under...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Pilot Program
S.B. 304
Authorizes the State Board of Education or a county board of education to enter into a certain partnership with the county's circuit court j...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Definition of "Public School Employees"
H.B. 644
Includes Prince George's County home and hospital teachers and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructors in the definition o...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Grants for Improvement of Low-Performing Schools
S.B. 64
Alters the authorized uses of Schools for Success challenge grant funds and extends the termination date provisions relative to challenge gr...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Provisions for Limited English Proficiency Services
S.B. 542
States intent of the General Assembly that State agencies are authorized to provide services to those with limited English proficiency; defi...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School to Work Programs
S.B. 613
Authorizes eligible parties to establish specified approved paid work-based learning programs under which arrangements are made between scho...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Vetoed 05/2001 |
P-12 | Disclosure of Child Abuse Reports
S.B. 810
Authorizes the disclosure of reports or records concerning child abuse or neglect to public school superintendents for specified purposes fo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Income Requirements for Maryland HOPE Scholarship
H.B. 329,
Increasing to $95,000 the maximum annual total family income for a recipient of a Maryland HOPE Scholarship or a HOPE Community College Tran...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Mentoring for Family Investment Program Recipients
S.B. 541
Requires Higher Education Commission and Department of Human Resources to coordinate efforts to encourage college student volunteers to ment...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Tuition Waiver for Faculty and Employees
H.B. 336
Requires a public higher education institution to waive tuition for specified persons who attend the institution; repeals a provision author...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Vetoed 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Tax Credits
S.B. 455
Allows an individual a State income tax credit for expenses paid for qualified tuition and related expenses for the individual or the indivi...
| More... |
School Safety |
Vetoed 05/2001 |
P-12 | Gun Safety Program for Schools
S.B. 124
Creates a mandatory gun safety education program in public schools in the State; requires the State Department of Education to establish gui...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Repeal of Portable Pager Ban on School Property
H.B. 67
Repeals a prohibition against the possession of portable pagers on public school property, except as the prohibition applies in Baltimore Co...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Establishment of Alternative Education Program
H.B. 825
Requires the State Board of Education to create in a county designated by the State Superintendent of Schools a juvenile justice alternative...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Summer Programs for Students in Correctional Facilities
H.B. 892
Creates the Summer Opportunity Pilot Program of the Department of Juvenile Justice in selected counties; creates purpose; creates nonlapsing...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Use of Student Information for Commercial Purposes
H.B. 823
Prohibits the Maryland Higher Education Commission and certain persons, organizations or community colleges from commercial disclosures of i...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Sharing of Student Records Related To Arrests
S.B. 713
Authorizes a local superintendent with information on a child who has been arrested for certain offenses to provide said information to the ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Waiver of Residency Requirement for Teachers at Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 401
Waives the residency requirement for tuition purposes for public school teachers under certain circumstances at public senior higher educati...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Number of Teachers Eligible for NBPTS Aid Program
S.B. 129
Increases to 1,000 the maximum number of teachers eligible to participate in the State and Local Aid Program for Certification by the Nation...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Adult Education Task Force Study
S.B. 399; H.B. 775
Establishes a task force to study adult education services, including basic skills instruction, English as a second language, General Equiva...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Changes to Job Training Programs and Act
H.B. 1251
Changes the Maryland Job Training Partnership Act to the Maryland Workforce Investment Act; repeals provisions concerning the Governor's pla...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Establishment of a State Debt for School Construction
S.B. 288
Authorizes the creation of a State Debt to be used as a grant to the Interagency Committee on School Construction for the allocation to the ...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed by Governor 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Increasing the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland
H.B. 1263
Increasing to $875,000,000, the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland; approving certain projects for the acquisition, dev...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Change from Appointed to Elected School Board in Worchester County
H.B. 1347
Provides that members to the Worchester County Board of Education shall be elected; establishes procedure for election of members to the Wor...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Student Member on Baltimore Board of Education
H.B. 899
Authorizes voting student member to be appointed to serve on the Baltimore Board. Prohibits student member from voting on issues relating to...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Eligiblity of Middle and High School Libraries for Grant Funding
H.B. 434
Alters the state school library funds grant program of the School Accountability Funding and Excellence Program in order to make middle scho...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment Students
H.B. 1127
Relates to higher education and part-time grant programs; pertains to dual enrollment students; includes students who are dually enrolled in...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Retirement Allowances for Teachers and, Principals
H.B. 442, S.B. 221
Exempts from an offset of a retirement allowance, retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are reempl...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Teacher Scholarships for Full- and Part-time Graduate Students
H.B. 299, S.B. 206
Expands the Maryland Teacher Scholarship program to include full-time or part-time graduate students in programs leading to Maryland profess...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Science and Technology Scholarships
S.B. 357
Requires the State Scholarship Administration to offer yearly Maryland Science and Technology Scholarships to students who have been accepte...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Use of Carry Over Financial Aid Dollars
H.B. 1004
Establishes that money appropriated by the State for student financial assistance that is not used in that fiscal year may not revert to the...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Inclusion of Community Colleges Under Health and Hight Education Facilities Act
S.B. 588
Modifies the term "institution of higher education" under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act (MHHEFA) to in...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Summer education program
H.B. 53
Establishing the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program; authorizing a county board of education to develop a proposal for ed...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Access to School Buildings
S.B. 469
Authorizes a school resource officer to deny access to buildings or grounds of school institutions; authorizes a school resource officer to ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Use of Campus Security Force in Addition to Campus Police
H.B. 1409
Authorizes the use of a campus security force or building guards in addition to a campus police force at a constituent institution of the Un...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12 | School District Contract Requirements
S.B. 438
Requires county board of education to draft specifications encouraging maximum competition in public school procurement contracts when adver...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Reimbursement to Parent for Special Education Services
H.B. 248
Alters the conditions under which a county board is not required to reimburse a parent or guardian for certain tuition or related costs for ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System Definitions and Calculations
S.B. 389
Relates to the Employees' and Teachers' Retirement System; alters the method of calculating specified members' average final compensation; d...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Collective Bargaining at Higher Education Institutions
S.B. 207
Expands collective bargaining to specified employees of certain institutions of higher education; requires those institutions to designate b...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Solar Energy in New Schools
S.B. 711
Establishes a pilot program to use solar energy in new school construction projects in the State; requires a county board of education to in...
| More... |
Health |
Vetoed 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Vaccinations
S.B. 653
Requires students living in on-campus student housing to receive a vaccination for menigococcal disease or sign a specified waiver; provides...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Re-employment of Retired Principals
S.B. 220
Exempts from an offset of a retirement allowance retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employe...
| More... |
P-3 |
Vetoed 05/2000 |
P-12 | Early Child Care and Education Centers Grant Program
S.B. 793
Establishes the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Centers and Education Enhancement Grant Program for the development of collaborativ...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Blue Ribbon Commission
S.B. 869
Creates the Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education; provides for the purpose, duties, and...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Program Name Change
H.B. 11
Changes the name of the Maryland Higher Education Investment Program to the Maryland Prepaid College Trust; authorizes the Maryland Higher E...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Formula for Non-Resident Tuition
H.B. 192
Alters the formula that determines the out-of-state fee and the out-of-county or out-of-region fee charges to nonresident students who atten...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Section 2: Academic Intervention Programs
S.B. 810
Defines "Academic Intervention Programs" as those taking place before or after school, or on weekends, during holidays, vacations or summer ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety
H.B. 104
Establishes a grant program under which law enforcement agencies may apply for funds for efforts relating to enforcement of the law prohibit...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Formula for Transportation Grants
S.B. 106
Makes certain adjustments to the formula for transportation grants to county boards of education; adjusts the time period for calculating in...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program
S.B. 810
Requires the state to add 1 percent to salaries for teachers in any public school system that increases teachers pay by 4 percent and provid...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Homeownership Opportunities for Teachers
S.B. 206
Declares the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Housing and Community Development develop a program to promote homeowners...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | School Construction
S.B. 202
Repeals a specified limitation on the applicability of the Prevailing Wage Law to the construction of an elementary or secondary school....
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Tax-Free Week
H.B. 170, S.B. 103
Designates the week of August 11, 2000, through August 17, 2000, as a tax-free week during which various sales and use tax exemptions will a...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Lead Screening
H.B. 1221
Requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations to require children entering a school to have been administered a ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Vaccinations
H.B. 227
Requires certain students enrolled in institutions of higher education to receive a certain vaccination or sign a certain waiver; requires p...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Readiness
H.B. 1091
Creates a Task Force to Study College Readiness for Disadvantaged and Capable Students. Requires the task force to report its interim findin...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Program
H.B. 1249, S.B. 1249
Establishes the Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood Care and Education Program, a grant program for early child care and education centers and e...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Early Literacy
H.B. 1172, S.B. 750
Requires the State Board of Education to distribute grants to organizations that promote literacy at an early age during --- child health vi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Use of Unused Appropriations
H.B. 1231
Establishes that money appropriated by the State for student financial assistance that is not used in that fiscal year, unless excepted by o...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Vetoed 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Maryland Prepaid College Trust
S.B. 140
Changes the name of the Maryland Higher Education Investment Program to the Maryland Prepaid College Trust; authorizes the Maryland Higher E...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Governance
S.B. 603
Revises the Maryland Charter for Higher Education to include regional higher education centers; requires the Maryland Higher Education Commi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Community College Transfer Scholarship Program
H.B. 476
Establishes the Community College Transfer Scholarship Program and provides for the award of scholarships under the Program; establishes qua...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Funding Formula for Community Colleges
H.B. 311
Provides that certain unrestricted higher education grants shall be distributed to certain small community colleges in a certain fiscal year...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Vetoed 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Funding for Community Colleges
S.B. 89
Revises the State funding formula for community colleges by establishing a supplemental component, beginning in fiscal year 2003, that is eq...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Advisory Council on ADHD
S.B. 742
Establishes an Advisory Council on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; provides for the membership, chairman, and staff of the advisor...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Education of Delinquent or Detained Youth
S.B. 39
Establishes that specified facilities for delinquent or detained youth are established and operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice an...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Gifted and Talented Programs
H.B. 572
Establishes the Commission on Funding and Services for Gifted and Talented Student Education; provides that the commission shall review the ...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Data Collection Standards
S.B. 900
Extends the implementation date for the applicability of the standards enacted for data collection forms for schools, school systems, and th...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Use of Social Security Numbers
H.B. 37
Prohibits public institutions of higher education, public schools, or the State from printing or having printed a Social Security number on ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Salaries
H.B. 1247
Establishes the Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program; requires the State Board of Education to make specified grants to county boards...
| More... |
Finance--Private Giving |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Private/Public Partnership
S.B. 107
Establishes the Public Education Partnership Fund; describes Fund's purposes; authorizes Fund to receive grants and private contributions; a...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Clarification of Scholarship Recipients
H.B. 231
Allows out-of-state high school graduates to be eligible for a Guaranteed Access Grant; allows recipients of State scholarships to also hold...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
P-12 | President's Day
H.B. 415, SB 648
Establishes President's Day as a public school holiday in the State....
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Ages Eligible for Special Education
H.B. 552
Extends the time through which a child is eligible for special education and related services to the end of the school year in which the chi...
| More... |