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Bill
No.
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DESCRIPTION
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MdPTA
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HCCPTA
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BOE
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STATUS
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STATEMENT
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| HB1 | Public School Construction Assistance Act of 2004 -- For the purpose of imposing recordation and transfer taxes on the transfer of controlled interest in certain entities owning real property in Maryland... |
Support
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Support
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3rd
reading passed 124-17 senate hearing April 1 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB103 | Sales and Use Tax-Rate-Education Trust Fund -- Altering the rate of the sales and use tax from 5% to 6%; establishing an Education Trust Fund and establishing specified purpose of use; |
Monitor
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Hearing
Feb 18 1:00.p.m.
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No
action
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| HB1040 | Education- School Social Workers-Certification -- exempting specified school social workers from specified licensing requirements; |
Oppose
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3rd
reading passed 130-0 senate hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
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Signed
by governor 5/26 chapter 530
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| HB105 | Education - High School Graduation - Eligibility Based on Passage of Standardized Tests Prohibited -- Providing that the State Board of Education or a county board of education may not make a student's eligibility to graduate from a public high school and receive a high school diploma conditional on the student's passage of the Maryland School Assessments or another similar test. |
Oppose
local issue
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Oppose
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Withdrawn
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| HB106 | Education - High School Graduation - Prohibiting the State Board of Education from establishing a class or type of diploma or certificate fro graduation from a public high school for students with disabilities that is tied to the student's passage of the Maryland High School Assessments or any other similar tests. |
Oppose
local issue
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Oppose
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Withdrawn
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| HB1139 | Department of Juvenile Services - Enhancement of Programs-- establishing the Department of Juvenile Services Education Department; requiring each facility established and operated by the Department of Juvenile Services to have an education center; crossfiled SB766 |
Support
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fav
w/ammend3/29
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signed
by governor 5/26 chapter 535
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| HB1199 | Primary and Secondary Education-Performance Expectations and Funding -- requiring each county board of education to prepare and publish a Performance Expectations Chart to document the county board's expected passage rate for students for the upcoming school year under specified circumstances; |
Oppose
redundant to Master Plans
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Oppose
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unfav
report
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| HB1212 | Education - Maryland Public Education Facilities Act - Establishing the Maryland Public Education Facilities Act to facilitate the acquisition, design construction, improvement, renovation, expansion, equipping, maintenance, or financing of education facilities in the State; crossfiled SB736 |
Oppose
local issue
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unfav
report
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| HB122 | Health Insurance - Coverage for Children - requiring specified health insurance policies and contracts taht provide coverage for family members to provide coverage for children of the insured, subscriber, employee, or member up to the age of 30; |
Support
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3rd
reading passed 139-0 senate hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
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signed
by governor 5/11chapter 321
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| HB1223 | Vehicle Laws- Failing to Stop for a School Vehicle with Activated Flashing Lights - Penalty -- Increasing from 3 to 5 the number of points required to be assessed against an individual for failing to stop or remain stopped for a school vehicle with activated alternately flashing red lights; crossfiled SB280 |
Support
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3rd
reading passed 135-0
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SB
280 signed by governor 5/11chapter 307
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| HB1230 | Public School Facilities Act of 2004--authorizing a county to finance the construction or renovation of public school facilities, under specified circumstances, using alternative financing methods; crossfiled SB787 |
Monitor
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3rd
reading passed 135-0
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Passed
both chambers house 140-0 senate 42-3 Nay: Hooper signed by governor 5/11
chapter 307
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| HB1238 | Education - Children in Need of Assistance - Notice to School Officials of Truancy -- authorizing the juvenile court to forward a copy of a specified order regarding a child in need of assistance to the school principal or head teacher of the public or private school that the child attends; |
Monitor
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unfav
report
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| HB1252 | Maryland Stadium Authority - Public School Facility Construction Financing Fund -- establishing a Public School Facility Construction Financing Fund; specifying the purpose and status of the Fund; |
Monitor
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unfav
report
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| HB1257 | Video Lottery Terminals - Regulation- Location - renaming the State Lottery Commission to be the Maryland Gaming Commission; establishing the Education Trust; |
Monitor
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hearing
March 23 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB1280 | Education - Closing the Gap School Recognition Awards - establishing the Closing the Gap School Recognition Awards program in order to recognize primary and secondary schools which have made significant efforts in reducing achievement gaps for African American and Latino students as demonstrated by data reported to the State Department of Education in accordance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act; |
Monitor
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Hearing
March 18 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB1288 | Education - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Program - requiring a county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City to require specified elementary schools to implement a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Program under specified circumstances; |
Monitor
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Oppose
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3rd
reading passed 139-0
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signed
by governor 4/27 chapter 222
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| HB1289 | Task Force on Inclusive Child and After-School Care - establishing the Task Force on Inclusive Child and After-School Care; |
Monitor
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3rd
reading passed 136-1 senate hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
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Withdrawn
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| HB130 | Searches of Students - School-Sponsored Trips - Teachers -- Authorizing a teacher to make a reasonable search of specified students on school-sponsored trip under specified circumstances; |
No
position
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3rd
reading passed 128-8 Senate fav report
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Signed
by governor 5/11 chapter 324
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| HB1316 | Family Law-Child Care Centers-Background Checks--requiring specified child care centers to submit the results of a criminal history records check to the Child Care Administration; |
Support
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Hearing
March 16 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB137 | Education - Reportable Offenses in Public Schools - Arrest of Student -- Expanding the list of offenses for which a law enforcement agency making an arrest of a child enrolled in a public school system is required to notify the local superintendent to include offenses involving involving burglary of school property and willful damage to or defacement of school property. |
No
position
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Unfav
report
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| HB155 | Education - Comprehensive Master Plan Annual Updates -- For the purpose of revisiting the dates for the submission of certain plan updates to the Maryland State Department of Education; |
No
position
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Support
with ammendments
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3rd
reading passed 137-0 senate hearing March 30 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB162 | Education - Teacher Incentives -- For the purpose of authorizing certain college graduates to be eligible, under certain circumstances, for certain stipends; |
No
position
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Hearing
Feb 5 11:00 a.m.
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No
action
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| HB199 | Education - Public School Construction - Modular Construction -- requiring the Board of Public Works to include modular construction as an approved public school construction or capital cost; |
Oppose
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No
position
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Support
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3rd
reading passed 132-2
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Passed
both chambers
house 132-2 senate 47-0 |
| HB240 | Public Schools - Interstate Transfer of Military Personnel Dependents - Reciprocity Agreements--For the purpose of requiring the State Board of Education to pursue reciprocity agreements with other states regarding the terms of transfer of school-aged student dependents of military personnel to or from the public schools of this State; |
No
position
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3rd
reading passed 136-0
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Passed
both chambers
house 137-0 senate 47-0 signed by governor 5/11 chapter 326 |
| HB25 | Labor and Employment - Parental Leave-School Activities --Requiring an employer to provide specified leave to an employee who attends school conferences or school-related activities regarding the employers child; |
Support
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unfav
report
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| HB253 | Lottery for Schools Act of 2004 -- For the purpose of requiring the Comptroller to distribute certain lottery proceeds to certain local school systems for a certain purpose; |
No
position
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unfav
report
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| HB254 | State Lottery - Unanticipated Revenues - Public School Systems -- For the purpose of requiring the Comptroller to distribute certain unanticipated lottery revenues to all the public school systems in the State; |
No
position
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unfav
report
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| HB293/ SB197 | Public Education Bridge to Excellence - Funding - Video Lottery Terminals -- For the purpose of requiring the State Lottery Commission to regulate the operation of certain video lottery terminals; establishing the Education Trust Fund; requiring certain distributions from video lottery proceeds to the Education Trust Fund to be used for a certain purpose; |
Monitor
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Passed
senate 27-18 house hearing 3/30 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB302 | Crimes-Fourth Degree Sexual Offense - Person in Position of Authority and Student -- For the purpose of prohibiting a person in a position of authority from engaging in a sexual act , sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a certain person under a certain age under certain circumstances; |
No
position
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3rd
reading passed 139-0 senate hearing April 1 1:00 p.m.
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No
action
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| HB309 | State Advisory Council of Obesity in Youth - establishing a State Advisory Council on Obesity in Youth to provide advice and recomendations to the General Assembly on public awareness of obesity in youth and its prevention; |
Support
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3rd
reading passed 127-9 senate hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
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Unfav
report
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| HB315 | State Lottery - Unanticipated Revenues -For the purpose of requiring the Comptroller to distribute certain unanticipated lottery revenues to counties and municipal corporations on a certain pro rata basis; |
Monitor
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Unfav
report
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| HB318 | Task Force to Study Differential Diplomas for High School Graduates -- For the purpose of establishing a Task Force to Study Differential Diplomas for High School Graduates; requiring to review and evaluate the potential impact of a certain proposed system of differential diplomas for high school students as it relates to certain matters and to certain student groups; |
Oppose
state board of ed issue
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Oppose
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Unfav
report
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| HB319 | Education - Maryland Public School Supplemental Fund- Lotteries -- For the purpose of establishing a Maryland Public School Supplemental Fund in order to assist the counties in the State to fund the operations of the public schools in the respective counties; |
Monitor
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Unfav
report
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| HB320 | Distribution of Lottery Proceeds - Public Schools -- For the purpose of requiring the State Lottery Agency to distribute certain lottery proceeds to all the public school systems in the State rather than into the General Fund of the State; |
Monitor
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Unfav
report
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| HB345 | Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Trigger Provision - Repeal - Emergency Bill - For the purpose of repealing the provision in the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act, commonly referred to as the "trigger provision"that makes certain State aid for education contingent on the adoption of a joint resolution by the General Assembly by a certain date; crossfiled SB245 |
Supports
repealing provision
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Support
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Third
reading passed 93-43 Feb 13
|
passed both chambers March 8 became law w/o governor's signature
house 93-43 senate 35-12 Nay: Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, McDonough, Parrott, Jennings, McComas, Boutin, Glassman, Impallaria |
| HB346 | Public Schools - School Nutrition Program -- For the purpose of establishing a School Nutrition Program for certain purposes; prohibiting certain beverages and certain foods from being served in public schools during certain hours; |
Monitor
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Support
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unfav
report
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| HB358 | Public Schools - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System -- For the purpose of requiring the State Board of Education to establish procedures for the administration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; |
Oppose
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3rd
reading passed 133-8 house hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
|
Passed
both chambers
house 119-15 senate 27-19 Nay: Impallaria, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs Not Voting: James signed by governor 511 chapter 331 |
| HB359 | Education - Public Schools - Program of Physical Education -- requiring certain students to have a certain number of hours of physical education per week in public schools; |
Oppose
local issue
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No
position
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unfav
report
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| HB38 | Education - Public School Construction - Plans and Specifications--Providing that specified plans and specifications for a school construction project or capital improvement are the exclusive property of a county board that commissioned the origianl plans and specifications; |
No
position
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unfav
report
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| HB396 | Procurement - Prevailing Wage - School Construction -- Increasing to 75% or more the percentage of State money that must be used in an elementary or secondary school construction project before the Prevailing Wage Law applies. |
No
position
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Support
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unfav
report
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| HB428 | Education - Full-Day Kindergarten Programs - Schools in Critical Needs or Low Socioeconomic Areas--requiring each county board of education to provide full-day kindergarten programs for kindergarten students that attend schools located in a critical needs or low socioeconomic area by the 2007-2008 school year; |
Oppose
redundant to Thorton
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Oppose
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unfav
report
|
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| HB502 | Education - Public School Dropouts - for the purpose of providing that certain students of a certain age who willfully fail to attend school or receive certain instruction for a certain period of time shall be deemed dropouts an to have withdrawn from public school under certain circumstances; |
No
position
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unfav
report
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| HB52 | Education - Early Childhood Educational and Development Programs -- Authorizing early childhood educational and developmental programs enter specified agreements to promote specified programs; |
No
position
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|
3rd
reading passed 116-22
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unfav
report
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| HB525 | Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Using Standard School Construction Plans - for the purpose of creating a Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Using Standard School Construction Plans; |
No
position
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unfav
report
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| HB532 | Procurement-Prevailing Wage-School Construction-for the purpose of increasing to a certain amount the percentage of state money that must be used in an elementary or secondary school construction project before the Prevailing Wage Law applies; |
No
position
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Support
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unfav
report
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| HB631 | Education - State Supplement to Federal Impact Aid - Children with Disabilities- Nonpublic Placement Students--requiring the State to distribute a State supplement to federal impact aid for children with disabilities who are nonpublic placement students to county boards of education each year under specified circumstances; |
Monitor
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unfav
report
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| HB655 | Education - Public Schools-Promotion of Students-for the purpose of requiring each local board of education to establish written policies, based on certain criteria, for the promotion of a student to the next grade level in a public school; |
No
position
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Oppose
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unfav
report
|
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| HB697 | Transportation - Safety Standards for the Transportation of Children -- requiring a person who transports children to school or specified activities to transport the children in a vehicle that conforms to specified safety standards; |
Support
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hearing
Feb 24 1:00 p.m.
|
No
action
|
| HB711 | Education - Full-Day Kindergarten Programs - County Board Decision not to Implement -- Authorizing a county board of education to decide not to provide full-day kindergarten programs for all kindergarten students in the county; crossfiled SB123 |
Oppose
support full funding of Thorton
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|
Oppose
|
unfav
report
|
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| HB727 | Education - Students with Disabilities - High School Diplomas by Examination- for the purpose of prohibiting the State Board of Education from requiring certain students with disabilities seeking to obtain a high school diploma by examination to withdraw from a certain full-time school program before taking the examination; |
Oppose
state board of ed issue
|
|
|
3rd
reading passed 137-0
|
unfav
report
|
| HB73 | Open Meetings Act - Standing Petition to File a Petition Alleging Violation of the Act -- authorizing any person to file with a circuit court that has venue a petition alleging violation of specified provisions of the Open Meetings Act if a public body fails to comply with these provisions; crossfiled SB87 |
Support
|
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2/19
3rd reading passed 138-0 senate 1st read 2/20
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Passed
both chambers
house 138-0 senate 45-0 vetoed by governor 5/25 |
| HB731 | Education - Public School construction - Obligation of State to Pay - for he purpose for obligating the State to pay, each fiscal year, at least a certain percentage of the aggregate costs of public school construction and public school capital improvements requested by county boards and county governing bodies that comply with the rules, regulations and procedures of the Board of Public Works; |
Support
|
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unfav
report
|
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| HB740 | Safe Schools Reporting Act of 2004 - for the purpose of requiring each county board of education to create a program for reporting certain incidents against certain students; |
Oppose
local issue
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|
3rd
reading passed 137-1
|
Passed
both chambers
house 133-2 senate 27-19 Nay: Harris, Hooper, Jacobs vetoed by governor 5/25 |
| HB759 | Education-"Adequate Education" for Students Defined -For the purpose of defining an "adequate education", requiring that certain State performance plans include the requirement to provide an adequate education for students ant that county boards of education describe goals, objectives, and strategies that will be used to provide an adequate education; |
Monitor
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unfav
report
|
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| HB761 | Education Reform and State Accountability Act of 2004 - for the purpose of restructuring the State Board of Education and State Department of Education; altering the position of State Superintendent to be an elected position; providing that the Governor shall appoint certain professional assistants; |
No
position
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
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| HB762 | Education - Public Schools-Evaluation and Graduation- for the purpose of requiring the State Board of Education to make certain information available under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board to administer only certain tests; requiring each county board of education to develop and implement certain tests and assessments; |
Oppose
|
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Oppose
|
unfav
report
|
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| HB766 | Education - Public Schools-Age Appropriate Curriculum and Instruction - for the purpose of requiring a county board of education to adopt certain curricula or courses of study that are age appropriate for certain studies; requiring that certain school curricula or courses of study fall within certain parental guideline standards for minors established by the Federal Communications Commission; |
Oppose
local issue
|
|
Oppose
|
unfav
report
|
|
| HB771 | Education-Passage of Examinations or Assessments-Graduation Requirements- Alternative means to Demonstrate Attainment - Diplomas - for the purpose of prohibiting the State Board of Education from establishing county-based diplomas; providing that each student who graduates from a public high school shall receive the same type of diploma or certificate regardless of the student's county of residence; authorizing the State Board of Education to use the passage of a single examination or assessment or a series of examinations or assessments as a requirement for graduation from a public high school only if an alternative means to demonstrate the student's attainment of the tested or assessed standards is developed and approved by the Stat Board before a certain point in time; |
Support
|
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unfav
report
|
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| HB83 | Education - Character Education Programs - Study -- Requiring the State Department of Education,in collaboration with the 24 local education agencies, to study character education programs; |
|
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Oppose
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unfav
report
|
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| HB851 | Education - Distressed Schools-Performance Incentive Grants - repealing specified provisions of law relating to teacher incentive grants; reallocating specified teacher incentive grants to provide State grants specified distressed schools; crossfiled SB526 |
Monitor
|
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Hearing
March 11 11:00 p.m.
|
No
action
|
| HB9 | Public Schools - State Aid for School Construction - Relocatable Classrooms and Walkways -- Classifying a relocatable classroom with a connecting walkway to a main school building as a permanent classroom; |
No
position
|
Oppose
includes relocates as school capacity
|
|
unfav
report
|
|
| HB901 | Education - Geographic Cost of Education Index - Funding- requiring that he foundation program of the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act be adjusted in a specified manner to reflect regional differences in the cost of education in accordance with a geographic cost of education index for fiscal year 2005 and thereafter; and repealing an obsolete provision of the law; crossfiled SB752 |
Support
|
|
Oppose
|
3rd
reading passed 116-24
|
No
action
|
| HB909 | Education - Registered Child Sexual Offenders Attending Public School - authorizing a county superintendent of schools after receiving written notice of the registration of a child sexual offender form a local law enforcement unit, to refuse to enroll the child sexual offender in a particular public school; |
Monitor
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|
|
3rd
reading passed 136-0
|
No
action
|
| HB916 | Education - Expressions of Patriotism Protection Act - authorizing specified school teachers, administrators, and librarians to read or post in any public school building specified patriotic materials that may contain religious references, quotations, or illustration; |
Oppose
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
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| HB922 | Education - Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Extension of Phase-In--altering the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act to extend by 4 years the phase-in period required to reach the targeted annual amount for specified additional State funding for elementary and secondary education in the state; |
Oppose
|
|
Oppose
|
unfav
report
|
|
| HB965 | Harford County School Construction Act of 2004 - Authorizing the County Council of Harford County to fix, impose, ad collect, by ordinance, a development impact fee, not to exceed a specified amount, for new construction or development; requiring the revenues from the development impact fee to be deposited in a specified special fund and to be used for specified purposes; |
|
Support
|
Support
|
3rd
reading passed 139-0
1st reading senate March 25 Budget & Taxation |
Passed
both chambers
house 139-0 senate 46-0 signed by governor 5/11 chapter 389 |
| HB978 | Task Force to Study Implementing a Parental Involvement Grade in Public Schools--establishing a Task Force to Study Implementing a Parental Involvement Grade in Public Schools; |
Oppose
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
|
| HB979 | Education - Elementary and Secondary Schools-Parental Involvement Plans -- requiring each local school district and each school to develop and implement a parental involvement plan on or before a specified date; |
Oppose
redundant to Master Plans
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
|
| HB988 | Education - Transitioning Student with Disabilities -- requiring the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education to make agreements with county boards of education about transition services for students with disabilitlites; |
Monitor
|
|
|
3rd
reading passed 141-0 senate hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
|
Passed
both chambers
house 141-0 senate 46-0 signed by governor 4/13 |
| HB993 | Education - Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Funding Increases - tying the growth in State aid to public schools to the growth in annual State resources; |
Oppose
|
|
Oppose
|
unfav
report
|
|
| SB123 | Education - Full-Day Kindergarten Programs - County Board Decision not to Implement -- Authorizing a county board of education to decide not to provide full-day kindergarten programs for all kindergarten students in the county; crossfiled HB711 |
Oppose
|
|
Oppose
|
hearing
March 10 1:00 a.m.
|
No
action
|
| SB125 | Budget Bill crossfiled HB200 |
|
|
|
3rd
reading passed 46-0 house 3rd reading passed 141-0
|
Passed
both chambers became law without governors signature 5/26 chapter 429
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| SB174 | Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Notice to Parents or Guardians of Availability of Programs -- requiring local education agencies to notify the parents or guardians of certain children of the availability of the educational programs offered by the Maryland School for the Blind; crossfiled HB741 |
No
position
|
|
|
3rd
reading passed 45-0
|
Passed
both chambers
house 138-0 senate 45-0 HB741 signed by governor 5/11 chapter 372 |
| SB197 | Public Education Bridge to Excellence - Funding - Video Lottery Terminals - crossfiled HB293 |
Monitor
|
|
|
2/27
3rd reading passed 27-18 house house hearing 3/30 1:00 p.m.
|
Unfav
report house
|
| SB245 | Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Trigger Provision - Repeal - Emergency Bill - For the purpose of repealing the provision in the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act, commonly referred to as the "trigger provision"that makes certain State aid for education contingent on the adoption of a joint resolution by the General Assembly by a certain date; crossfiled HB345 |
Supports
repealing provision
|
|
Support
|
Passed
both chambers
|
Became
law without governors signature
|
| SB267 | Education - Accountability- Teacher Effectiveness Pilot Program -for the purpose of establishing the Teacher Effectiveness Pilot Program; providing for a certain purpose for the Program; requiring the State Department of Education to design and implement the Program to certain specifications; |
Monitor
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
No
action
|
| SB280 | Vehicle Laws- Failing to Stop for a School Vehicle with Activated Flashing Lights - Penalty -- Increasing from 3 to 5 the number of points required to be assessed against an individual for failing to stop or remain stopped for a school vehicle with activated alternately flashing red lights; crossfiled HB1223 |
Support
|
|
|
3rd
reading passed 47-0 house hearing March 31 1:00 p.m.
|
Passed
both chambers
house 132-5 senate 47-0 Nay: McDonough Not Voting: Impallaria signed by governor 4/27 chapter 111 |
| SB308 | Education - Teachers - Hiring Retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System - for the purpose of prohibiting a county board of education from hiring certain retirees except under certain circumstances; authorizing the hiring of certain retirees i certain subject areas, in certain classes for certain students, or in certain schools identified by the State Board of Education; authorizing the hiring of certain retirees to be teacher mentors; |
No
position
|
|
|
Hearing
Feb 26 9:00 a.m.
|
No
action
|
| SB345 | Child in Need of Assistance - Habitual Truancy - for the purpose of altering the definition of "child in need of assistance" to include a certain child who requires court intervention because the child is required by law t attend school and is habitually truant; |
No
position
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
|
| SB350 | Income Tax Checkoff System-Tax Me More Voluntary Account-establishing an Education Trust Fund establishing a Tax Me More Voluntary Account to provided individuals an opportunity for voluntary payments of additional State income tax through contributions to the account; |
No
position
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
|
| SB455 | Education - Required Number of School Days - State of Emergency - for the purpose of specifying that a day on which schools are closed during a state of emergency shall be credited against the required number of school days; |
No
position
|
|
|
unfav
report
|
|
| SB503 | Education-Laptop Computer Pilot Program- for the purpose of establishing the Laptop Computer Pilot program in the State Department of Education; stating the purpose of the Pilot Program; limiting the application of this Act to certain counties; |
|
|
Oppose
|
hearing
March 23 1:00 p.m.
|
|
| SB526 | Education - Distressed Schools-Performance Incentive Grants - repealing specified provisions of law relating to teacher incentive grants; reallocating specified teacher incentive grants to provide State grants specified distressed schools; crossfiled HB851 |
Monitor
|
|
|
hearing
March 23 1:00 p.m.
|
Unfav
report
|
| SB552 | Education-Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Extension of Phase-In Period - extending the phase-in period to reach the targeted amount |
Oppose
|
|
Oppose
|
unfav
report
|
|
| SB736 | Education - Maryland Public Education Facilities Act - Establishing the Maryland Public Education Facilities Act to facilitate the acquisition, design construction, improvement, renovation, expansion, equipping, maintenance, or financing of education facilities in the State; crossfiled HB1212 |
Oppose
local issue
|
|
|
Hearing
March 27 1:00 p.m.
|
No
action
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| SB752 | Education - Geographic Cost of Education Index - Funding- requiring that he foundation program of the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act be adjusted in a specified manner to reflect regional differences in the cost of education in accordance with a geographic cost of education index for fiscal year 2005 and thereafter; and repealing an obsolete provision of the law; crossfiled HB901 |
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| SB760 | Education - Elementary Schools - Moratorium on Suspensions of Students -- requiring that an elementary school principal not suspend any student under the principals direction for a period of 2 years starting on the first day of the 2004 fall semester; requiring the county boards of education to develop and implement alternate in-school disciplinary measures that include communications with parents and other appropriate community agencies by the day of the 2004 fall semester; |
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report
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| SB766 | Department of Juvenile Services - Enhancement of Programs-- establishing the Department of Juvenile Services Education Department; requiring each facility established and operated by the Department of Juvenile Services to have an education center; crossfiled HB1139 |
Support
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Withdrawn
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| SB77 | Education - Prevention of Harassment and Intimidation in Public Schools -- Declaring the intent of the General Assembly; defining specified term; requiring specified individuals to report incidents under specified circumstances; requiring a county board of education to establish a harassment and intimidation prevention program for specified individuals; requiring a county board of education to incorporate specified policies in its training program; |
Monitor
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Oppose
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Hearing
Jan 28 1:00 p.m,.
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No
action
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| SB83 | Criminal Procedures - Defendants on Probation for Committing Sex-Related Crimes against Minors - Child Safety Zone -- Requiring a court to establish a child safety zone applicable to a defendant who has been placed on probation before or after judgment for committing a certain sex-related offense against a minor; |
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position
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reading passed 45-1
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| SB87 | Open Meetings Act - Standing Petition to File a Petition Alleging Violation of the Act -- authorizing any person to file with a circuit court that has venue a petition alleging violation of specified provisions of the Open Meetings Act if a public body fails to comply with these provisions; crossfiled HB73 |
Support
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2/17
3rd reading passed 43-1 house hearing 3/24 1:00 p.m.
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Passed
both chambers
house 136-3 senate 43-1 governor vetoed |
| SB801 | Education - County-Board of Education- Determination of minimum school days and hours -- Repealing the requirement that each public school be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 days and at least 1,080 school hours during the school year; requiring each county board of education to determine a minimum number of school days during a school year, a minimum number of hours during a school year, a minimum number of hours during a school day, and whether to be open on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays under specified circumstances; etc. |
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Hearing
March 17 1:00 p.m.
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Referred
to interim study by Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
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