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MABE Maryland Associationof Boards of EducationServing & Supporting Boards of Education Since 1957

Legislative UpdateThe GreenSheet: Feb. 14, 2011

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MABEs Annual Legislative Day

Luncheon provides a forum for

legislative leaders to share their

perspectives and positions on

education funding and policy

issues with local school board

members. MABE, representing allboards of education, is the

primary voice for public

education in Maryland. We

represent the local school board

point of view to the general

assembly on the wide array of

bills impacting Marylands public

schools. Please join us for this

opportunity to share your thoughts

with our members.

MABEs Annual

Legislative Day Luncheon

February 18, 2011(Legislative Committee

Pre-Meeting 10:00-11:00)

11:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.

Miller Senate Building, Annapolis, MD

For additional information please contact

Tracy Oldaker, 410.841.5414 or

[email protected]

Maryland Association of Boards of EducationServing & Supporting Boards of Education Since 1957

Mark your calendars! Dont miss:

All board membersand superintendentsare encouraged toattend. Contact yourlegislators and letthem know youll bethere, and hope tosee them too.

The most frequentlyheard comment fromlegislators walkingthrough the door:Are my constituentshere? We hope tosay yes!

Call Tracy Oldaker atMABE with anyquestions and toRSVP.

Parking Info:$5 per car per day; Navy blue shuttle is now $1 (cash only) per person. (Websites have not beenupdated to reflect the $1 per person fare but it is no longer free!)Navy-Marine Corps Stadium MapAnnapolis Map from the Navy Stadium to the Miller Senate Building, which is 13A on this map)

Budget Hearings - Call to Action

Send your Delegates and Senators an email, or give them a call, to urge their support for restoringfull funding for public education in the pending Fiscal 2012 State Budget. But even if full funding isnot restored, the Budget should only make one-year adjustments - not the proposal to reduce thefoundation amount for next four fiscal years.
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MABE Resources

MABEs website provides all

legislative publications, priority

issues updates, and session news.

Visit us at www.mabe.org.

The Monitor: MABE staff pens this

newsletter on the State Boards

monthly meetings, and uploads

regulations, memos, and briefing

materials under the Publications

section of MABEs website.

Contact MABE

For any additional information

regarding this GreenSheet, or any

legislative matter, go to the

Advocacy section of MABEs

website www.mabe.org, or contact

John Woolums, Esq., MABEs

Director of Governmental Relations,

410.841.5414, 800.841.8197, or

[email protected].

The first subcommittee hearings on the educationfunding section of the Governors budget are scheduledfor Wednesday, February 16 in the House AppropriationsCommittee and Friday, February 18 in the Senate Budgetand Taxation Committee. Call and email the Governor &Lieutenant Governor, your Delegates & Senators, andAppropriations and Budget &Taxation Committeemembers now, and throughout session, to urge their

support for full funding for public schools.

What to say:

I am calling to voice my support for full funding forpublic education, restoring the $94 million cut in theGovernors proposed State Budget, and limiting any cutthat is adopted to this year only.

The $94 million cut is made by reducing the per pupilfunding amount for all students in the state.

This cut will have devastating impacts on classroomsacross the state, and should be avoided if at allpossible. No cut should be adopted, but if it is, it shouldbe for this budget only, not through 2015 as proposed.

I urge your support for amendments to the Budget andBudget Reconciliation and Financing Acts to restore fullfunding for public education.

Marylands public schools are #1 in the nation, and ourstudents are counting on us to keep it that way.

I look forward to receiving your response to this requestthat you will pledge to work to restore the $94 millioncut proposed in the FY 2012 State Budget, to limit anycut that is adopted to a one-time cut in this yearsbudget only, and to restore any cuts as soon aspossible.

What to write:

Dear Governor OMalley/Senator ______________/Delegate______________:

Thank you for the demonstrated support for Marylands outstanding public schools. Fully funding theThornton Bridge to Excellence Act has made it possible for each of Marylands twenty-four schoolsystems to hire highly qualified teachers; expand kindergarten and pre-kindergarten; preparestudents for success on the No Child Left Behind Acts mandated students assessments in reading,math, and science; prepare students to excel on Advanced Placement exams; and make Marylandspublic schools #1 in the nation for three years in a row.

Now the Fiscal Year 2012 State Budget is proposing to flat fund public education by cappingstatewide spending at the FY 2011 amount. But the budget would do so by reducing the per pupildollar amount for all students, in each school system, and would do so for the next four years.
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2010-2011 MABE Legislative

Committee Meetings

Unless otherwise noted, all

meetings are from 10:00 a.m.

until noon, and are held at the

MABE office in Annapolis.

(Directions)

MABE Legislative Day Luncheon

Tentative: Feb. 9,10,16 or 17

Speakers: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Location: Miller Senate Building

Meeting: Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

Meeting: Monday, Mar. 28, 2011

FYI - Last Day of Session:

Monday, Apr. 11, 2011

Legislative Session Dates:

Jan. 12 through Apr. 11, 2011

Holding the line on education funding should mean justthat. Up to now, since the recession began in 2007,Maryland has held the line on per pupil spending. TheFiscal Year 2012 State Budget should continue toprovide the per pupil funding amount provided in the priorState budgets. The proposed budget would reduce theper pupil amount called the foundation amount in the

law to avoid a $94 million increase based on increasedenrollment. This $94 million cut will have devastatingimpacts on school systems struggling to cope with localfunding cuts and ever-expanding mandates foreducational programs and services. This $94 millionshould be restored in FY 2012, and most certainly shouldnot be adopted as a permanent cut to 2015.

We urge you to support restoring full funding for publiceducation, in order to preserve statewide funding

adequacy and equity and the integrity of the ThorntonBridge to Excellence Act funding formulas. The Bridge toExcellence Act school funding reforms have providedhistoric increases in funding for all students, with targetedincreases for special education, English languagelearners, and economically disadvantaged students.These reforms were hard fought and hard won to providean outstanding public education for all Marylandstudents.

The FY 2012 State Budget (House Bill 71/Senate Bill 85)and the companion bill that makes the changes in law

called for in the Budget, the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act (House Bill 73/Senate Bill87), should be amended to restore full funding on behalf of the 850,000 students who are countingon us to prepare them for success in their futures, in college classrooms and in the workplaces ofthe 21st Century.

Thank you for your support for Marylands outstanding public schools. I look forward to receivingyour response to this request that you will pledge to work to restore the $94 million cut proposedin the FY 2012 State Budget, to limit any cut that is adopted to a one-time cut in this years budgetonly, and to restore any cuts as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

(Please consider adding examples of specific impacts the cuts will have on your localschool system See Prince Georges flyer):
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Contact Information Governor OMalley

Martin J. O'Malley, GovernorState House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925(410) 974-3901; 1-800-811-8336 (toll free, Maryland)e-mail: [email protected]

Lt. Governor Anthony BrownAnthony G. Brown, Lt. GovernorState House, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925(410) 974-2804; 1-800-811-8336 (toll free); fax: (410) 974-5882e-mail: [email protected]

All Legislators ( Email legislators by name, or find your legislators by entering your address)

House Appropriations Education SubcommitteeFull Committee

Norman H. Conway, Chair(410) 841-3407, (301) 858-3407James E. Proctor, Jr., Vice-Chair(410) 841-3083, (301) 858-3083

Education & Economic Development Subcommittee

John L. Bohanan, Jr., Chair(410) 841-3227, (301) 858-3227Heather R. Mizeur, Vice-Chair(410) 841-3493, (301) 858-3493Melony G. GriffithGuy J. GuzzoneJames E. Proctor, Jr.

Nancy R. StocksdaleKathy Szeliga

Senate Budget &Taxation CommitteeEdward J. Kasemeyer, Chair(410) 841-3653, (301) 858-3653Nathaniel J. McFadden, Vice-Chair(410) 841-3165, (301) 858-3165David R. Brinkley (Education Subcmt.)Richard F. ColburnUlysses Currie (Education Subcmt.)James E. DeGrange, Sr.George C. EdwardsVerna L. Jones-RodwellNancy J. King (Education Subcmt.)Richard S. Madaleno, Jr. (Education Subcmt. Chair (410) 841-3137, (301) 858-3137Roger MannoDouglas J. J. PetersJames N. Robey
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Pending Bills

MABE is now tracking nearly 250bills (up just a little from the 150 we were tracking last week!).Click here for MABEs House Bill Report, Senate Bill Report, and Bill Hearing Schedule.

The following bills are highlighted as those most directly and significantly relating to publiceducation, with notes on MABEs bill positions. Click on the bill number to go to the bill statuswebsite for the bill text, fiscal note, and additional information.

MABE Positions and Background on Pending Education Bills

HB 1 EDUCATION YOUTH ATHLETES CONCUSSIONSRequiring county boards of education and the Maryland Public Secondary Schools AthleticAssociation jointly to establish guidelines and develop forms to educate individuals regardingconcussions and head injury; requiring specified individuals to sign information sheets; requiringthe removal of youth athletes from play under specified circumstances; prohibiting the return toplay under specified circumstances; requiring youth sports programs to provide statements ofcompliance; etc.

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Support with amendments; MABE submitted amendments to the bill sponsor andlearned that another bill would be filed as the this years concussions policy bill; MABE thensubmitted amendments to that sponsor and is awaiting the introduction of that bill, understandingthat our position of supporting this legislation with amendments to require guidelines and trainingwill be reflected in the bill.)

HB 2 ELECTIONS CANDIDATES FILING FEESIncreasing filing fees for candidates for specified public offices; and increasing the amount of thefiling fees distributed to local boards of elections from the filing fees received by the State Board of

Elections from candidates for statewide office.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose; While this bill would raise filing fees for all state and local elections, the boardof education filing fee increase from $25 to $500 warrants testimony opposing such an increaserelative to the stipend/income, if any, associated with the position, and therefore as an impedimentto this esteemed, if not generously compensated, public service.)

HB 12 PROCUREMENT EMPLOYEE UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT PLACE OFMANUFACTUREProhibiting a public employer, under specified circumstances, from knowingly buying, furnishing,

or requiring an employee to buy or acquire for use while on duty specified uniforms and otherequipment unless the uniforms or equipment are manufactured in the United States; requiring theBoard of Public Works to adopt specified regulations; and applying the Act prospectively.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose; unfunded mandate based on increased cost to purchase uniforms.)

HB 26 EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCERequiring specified enrollment calculations used for education aid to be based on the averagedaily attendance in specified school years; etc.EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011
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(Position: Oppose. MABE has opposed this bill is the past. The fiscal note for last years billpaints a grim picture, finding that local school system revenues from direct State aid decreaseby $167.9 million in FY 2011 and by an estimated $160.0 million to $165.0 million annuallythereafter. Required county and Baltimore City maintenance of effort appropriations to localschool systems decrease by an estimated $274.3 million in FY 2011.)

HB 37 STATE GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS ELECTRONIC

DOCUMENTSRequiring a custodian of a public record to provide specified applicants with a copy of the publicrecord in a specified electronic format under specified circumstances; authorizing a custodian toremove specified metadata from specified documents; clarifying that a specified act does notconstitute creating, compiling, or programming a new public record; authorizing a custodian tocharge an applicant a fee under specified circumstances; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Support with amendments; MABE raised an objection to a provision that appearedto create an exception to the provision of that states the bill it is not intended to require thecreation of a new record. The sponsor met with MACo, MML, and MABE representatives and anamendment was agreed to.)

HB 44/SB 53 EDUCATION WAIVER FROM MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT PROCESS AND FACTORSAltering the date by which a county governing body must make a request to the State Board ofEducation for a waiver from the maintenance of effort requirement; requiring the State Board toconsider specified factors when making a decision whether to grant a waiver; requiring the StateSuperintendant of Schools to make a preliminary assessment of waiver applications by aspecified time; etc.EMERGENCY BILL(Position: Support; MABE testified on SB 53 on Feb 2, where MSEA offered amendments to

add criteria including local tax capacity and the history of funding above MOE relative to the rateof inflation; MACo offered one amendment to defer any penalty until the following fiscal year; andMontgomery County Council offered four amendments, not described at the hearing, butunderstood to include tying MOE to inadequate student performance, allowing for less than MOEif savings are achieved, factoring in student performance impacts as a waiver criteria, andreplacing the penalty with a plan to address the loss of funding below MOE. MABE testified infavor of the bill being passed clean, but noted that if the penalty issue was to be addressed, itshould be shifted to the counties.)

HB 70/SB 85 BUDGET BILL FISCAL YEAR 2012

Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year endingJune 30, 2012, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc.(Position: Support with amendments. See HB 72, the BRFA below)

HB 71/SB 86 CREATION OF STATE DEBT MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITALBOND LOAN OF 2011, AND THE MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOANS OF1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, AND 2010Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $935,618,000, the proceeds to be usedfor specified necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, Conversion,replacement, and capital equipment purchases of the State, for acquiring specified real estate,

and for grants to specified subdivisions and other organizations for specified development andimprovement purposes, subject to specified matching fund requirements by specified dates; etc.
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VARIOUS EFFECTIVE DATES(Position: Support. This is the Governors Capital Budget, in which he keeps his pledge tosustain funding for the Public School Construction Program at $250 million in accordance with theKopp Commission recommendations and School Facilities Act of 2004.)

HB72/SB 87 BUDGET RECONCILIATION AND FINANCING ACT OF 2011Altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of specifiedrevenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use ofspecified funds; authorizing specified fees; establishing a reformed contributory pension benefit forthe new members of the Employees Pension System and the Teachers Pension System on orbefore July 1, 2011; etc.VARIOUS EFFECTIVE DATES (Note: the BRFA is the bill which amends the law to implementthe Governors Stat Budget (HB 70).Position: Support with amendments. MABE supports full funding of the Thornton Bridge toExcellence Act, recognizing that the $94 million, 1.8% cut based on freezing FY 2012 funding atthe FY 2011 amount is far better than the specter of a $240 million, 5% across the board cut.However, the budget reduces the per pupil foundation amount for the remainder of the Governorsterm, FY 2012, 13, 14 and 15, and similarly reduces the inflation factor to a capped at 1% for

those years. The BRFA provides for no increase in the form of either the higher FY 2012foundation amount, or CPI inflation factor, in FY 2015 or beyond. For this reason, MABE supportsat the very least limiting any cuts to FY 2012, with amendments to reset the foundation amount atthe regularly scheduled rate in FY 2013 Of course, the Governors FY 2013 budget could onceagain propose to lower that amount, but this year-by-year approach is preferable to a permanentfreeze.)

HB 73 VEHICLE LAWS SCHOOL BUSES PROHIBITION ON PERMITTING SITTING ONFLOOR OR STANDINGProhibiting a person who is responsible for pupils on a school bus from permitting any pupil to

stand while the bus is in motion; prohibiting a person who is responsible for pupils on a school busfrompermitting any pupil to sit on the floor of the school bus; establishing a fine; providing forexceptions; providing that a specified violation is not considered a moving violation for specifiedpurposes; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose. MABE believes that current state regulation provides the appropriate balanceof mandating adequate seating, and providing at least some flexibility in emergency situations.)

HB 86/SB 122 CREATION OF A STATE DEBT QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BOND

Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $15,902,000, the proceeds to be used asgrants to the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the Maryland State Departmentof Education for specified development or improvement purposes; providing for the disbursementof the loan proceeds and the further grant of funds to eligible school systems for specifiedpurposes, subject to a requirement that the grantees document the provision of a required federalmatching fund; etc.EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011(Position: Support with amendments. MABE has historically supported the QZAB program.However, this Administration bill would significantly change the method of allocating QZAB fundsto local school systems, including shifting from formula to competitive allocations, and specifying

use of for Breakthrough schools. MABE has requested clarification on the intent of thesechanges.)
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Administration to adopt specified regulations; and requiring the evidence of selfinsurance toinclude specified information.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(No Position, based on school system responses raising no objections.)

HB 121/SB 168 THE LORRAINE SHEEHAN HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACTOF 2011

Increasing the State tax rates for alcoholic beverages sold in Maryland from $1.50 to $10.03 pergallon for distilled spirits, from 40 cents to $2.96 per gallon for wine, and from 9 cents to $1.16 pergallon for beer; providing for the distribution of the additional revenue to special funds to be usedonly for the purpose of providing additional funding for specified health services; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(No Position. MABE is tracking this bill and others on an FYI basis. This is the Dime on theDrink bill to raise the alcohol tax; one of the major revenue proposals pending this session.)

HB 125 VEHICLE LAWS ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SELFINSURED VEHICLESREQUIRED INFORMATION

Requiring the driver of a selfinsured vehicle involved in an accident to give evidence of selfinsurance in the form required by the Motor Vehicle Administration to specified persons; requiringthe

HB 127/SB 262 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUMGRADUATION REQUIREMENTRequiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a course in financialliteracy; requiring each county board of education to implement the financial literacy curriculumcontent developed by the State Board in every high school in the county; and requiring students tocomplete a course in financial literacy in order to graduate from high school. Preliminary analysis:local government mandate This bill requires a mandated appropriation in the annual budget bill.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose. MABE has opposed this legislation in the past as a curriculum mandate.)

HB 168 STUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS ACTRequiring that a public school student in elementary school be provided a daily program ofphysical activity totaling at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week, including at least 90minutes of physical education; requiring that the program of physical activity for a specifiedcategory of student be consistent with a specified plan for the student; requiring public elementaryschools to designate a specified group to plan and coordinate specified activities; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011

(Position; Oppose. MABE has opposed this bill in the past. The fiscal note for last years billfound that Local school expenditures increase by an estimated $20.5 million to hire additionalphysical education teachers for elementary schools. In addition, local school systems may need tolengthen the school day or spend less time on other subjects to provide additional time forphysical education and physical activity.)

HB 176 STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM REEMPLOYMENT OF RETIREES EXEMPTIONSReducing from 9 years to 5 years the number of years required after retirement for retirees of theEmployees Retirement or Pension System or the Teachers Retirement or Pension System to be
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exempt from an earnings offset of their retirement allowance when reemployed by specifiedemployers.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(No Position)

HB 186 EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE DAYDesignating American Indian Heritage Day as a public school holiday.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011

(No Position)

HB 191 PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENT ATTENDANCE PREVENTING CHRONICABSENTEEISMRequiring public schools to maintain a record of the daily attendance of students in kindergartenthrough 12th grade using a specified identifier, calculate and maintain a record of specifiedattendance information, and submit a report to the county board of education that includes specifiedstudent attendance information for each grading period each year; requiring each county board tocalculate and maintain a specified record of countywide student attendance information; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011

(Position: Oppose; MABE opposed identical legislation last session. This bill would mandate newattendance incentive action plans and a series of prescriptive actions relating to tracking andresponding to student absenteeism.)

HB 202 EDUCATION DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED PROTECTED CLASSESAltering a provision of law relating to discrimination in the employment of teachers in the publicschools in the State to conform to other provisions of State law governing discrimination inemployment.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(No Position)

HB 224 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUMGRADUATION REQUIREMENTRequiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a specified course infinancial literacy; requiring county boards of education to implement specified curriculum content inspecified high schools; and requiring specified students to complete a specified course in order tograduate from high school. Preliminary analysis: local government mandate This bill requires amandated appropriation in the annual budget bill.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose; See HB 127 which is identical legislation.)

HB 231/SB 123 EDUCATION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITY REVOLVING LOANFUNDEstablishing the Public Charter School Facility Revolving Loan Fund; stating the purpose of theFund; authorizing specified applicants to obtain loans from the Fund; requiring the State Board ofEducation to administer the Fund and to consider specified factors when evaluating loanapplications; specifying loan amounts; requiring the State Board to report specified information tocounty boards of education each fiscal year; specifying provisions relating to loan repayment;requiring the State Board to adopt regulations; etc. This bill requires a mandated appropriation in theannual budget bill.
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EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose; MABE opposed similar legislation last session, but this bill is worse, includinga new position that counties or school systems may be required to pay any unpaid balances orinterest on loans owed by the charter schools.)

HB 232/SB 129 TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT OF WETLAND TEACHINGPROJECTS AT SECONDARY SCHOOLSEstablishing the Task Force to Study the Development of Wetland Teaching Projects at SecondarySchools; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting amember of the Task Force from receiving compensation; providing that a member of the TaskForce may receive reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study Stateregulations governing the development of specified wetland projects at secondary schools in theState; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose. MABE generally opposes the creation of task forces whose mission is underthe education policy purview of the State Board and/or local boards of education.)

HB 334/SB 360 STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM COMPLETING AND

SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR SERVICE RETIREMENTProviding that a department head, the Secretary of State Police, or a State or countysuperintendent of schools may complete and submit an application for service retirement instead ofdisability retirement on behalf of a member of the State Retirement and Pension System who isunable to complete and submit a disability retirement application.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Support)

HB 364 STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ACADEMICREQUIREMENTS

Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations to establish academic performancestandards that students in public high schools in the State must meet in order to participate in highschool athletic competitions; requiring the regulations to include specified provisions; and requiringcounty boards of education to allow public high school students in the county to participate inspecified high school athletic competitions only in accordance with the regulations of the StateBoard.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 386 EDUCATION TWEEN/TEEN DATING VIOLENCE (KRISTIN MARIE MITCHELL

LAW)Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt in the public schools a program to educatestudents about dating violence on or before a specified date; requiring the program to includeeducation on services provided to victims of dating violence; altering the definition of victim ofdomestic violence for specified provisions of law; requiring the Governor to proclaim the first weekin February each year Tween/Teen Dating Violence Education and Awareness Week; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)
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HB 462 - VEHICLE LAWS OVERTAKING AND PASSING SCHOOL VEHICLES SCHOOLBUS MONITORING CAMERASAuthorizing a county board of education, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency, toplace school bus monitoring cameras on county school buses for the purpose of recording motorvehicles committing violations relating to overtaking and passing school vehicles; requiring aschool bus operator to give a recording of the violations to a local law enforcement agency;requiring recordings made by a school bus monitoring camera to include specified images andinformation about the violations; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Support)

HB 486 - EDUCATION SCHOOL BUSES INSPECTIONS AND LENGTH OF OPERATIONAuthorizing specified school bus inspections to be valid in specified counties under specifiedcircumstances; and repealing the termination date for a provision of law that alters the length oftime a school bus may be operated in Somerset County, Wicomico County, and WorcesterCounty.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: no position)

HB 500 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES STUDENTS IN HOMEINSTRUCTION PROGRAMSAuthorizing a public school to allow students in home instruction programs to participate inspecified extracurricular activities under specified circumstances; requiring public schools to giveplacement priority to enrolled students if there are a limited number of spaces available forstudents in extracurricular activities; defining extracurricular activity; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 525 - PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OR DISMISSALINEFFECTIVENESS Authorizing county boards of education, on the recommendation of thecounty superintendent of schools, to suspend or dismiss a teacher, principal, supervisor, assistantsuperintendent, or other professional assistant for ineffectiveness as determined under specifiedcircumstances; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 526 - EDUCATION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS HIRING OF CERTIFICATEDEMPLOYEES

Providing that mutual consent between the county board and the charter operator shall governqualified and certificated individuals working in a public charter school; and providing that existingobligations or contract rights may not be impaired by the Act.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Hold)

HB 528 - EDUCATION OPEN SPACE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY PLANTING ANDMAINTAINING GARDENSRequiring county boards of education to encourage the use of open space on public schoolproperty for the purpose of planting and maintaining gardens; requiring specified schools and
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community groups to submit specified plans to the county superintendent; requiring specifiedschools and community groups to limit the application of pesticides under specifiedcircumstances; authorizing county boards to incorporate the use of school gardens intospecified curriculum guides and to use specified produce in school cafeterias; etc. EFFECTIVEOCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 530 - PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS OCCUPATION AND USE OF SCHOOL SITESAND BUILDINGSRequiring a county board of education to inform public charter schools in the county if schoolsites or buildings have been determined by the county board to be no longer needed for schoolpurposes under specified circumstances; requiring a county board to establish a specifiedprocedure; prohibiting a public charter school occupying and using a school site or buildingfrom selling, disposing of, or otherwise transferring the school site or building; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 634 - STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM REEMPLOYMENT EARNINGSOFFSET RETIREE HEALTH CARE PREMIUMSLimiting the reemployment earnings offset for reemployed retirees of the State Retirement andPension System to an amount not less than what is required to be deducted for the retireesmonthly Stateapproved medical insurance; requiring the Board of Trustees of the StateRetirement and Pension System to recover from a retiree a specified amount under specifiedcircumstances, by a specified date; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: no position)

HB 644/SB 492 - EDUCATION COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BUDGETSTRANSPARENCYRequiring each county board of education to develop and operate a single searchable Web sitethat is accessible to the public and includes annual school budget data; etc. Preliminaryanalysis: local government mandateEFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose as unfunded mandate)

HB 650 - COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION GREEN PRODUCT CLEANING SUPPLIES WRITTEN POLICIES Requiring a county board of education to adopt specified writtenpolicies relating to the procurement of green product cleaning supplies subject to specified

exceptions; requiring specified county boards to provide specified notice to the StateDepartment of Education under specified circumstances; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 674 - EDUCATION HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS, TRAINING, ANDDISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALSRequiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Healthand Mental Hygiene, to provide awareness and training for Directors of Student Services inlocal education agencies on human trafficking; and requiring the Department of Health and
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Mental Hygiene, in consultation with experts in the field of human trafficking prevention, toprovide to the State Department of Education specified information and materials on humantrafficking.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: no position)

HB 685 EDUCATION BULLYING SAFETY RISKS AND HEALTH PROBLEMS

PARENTAL INFORMATION Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration withthe Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to provide specified information by a specifieddate to county boards of education relating to specified safety risks and health problems;requiring specified schools to send specified information to specified parents and guardians; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

HB 704 - EQUITY IN EDUCATION FUNDING ACT OF 2011Providing for the calculation of net taxable income for the calculation of specified State aid foreducation; providing for the allocation of funds for State aid for education resulting from specified

calculations; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: no position)

HB 751 - AGRICULTURE JANE LAWTON FARMTOSCHOOL PROGRAM REPORTINGRequiring each local educational agency participating in the Jane Lawton FarmtoSchoolProgram to report by January 1 each year to the Department of Agriculture the types andamounts of farm products purchased from farms in the State.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

SB 6 OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM STATE AND PARTICIPATINGGOVERNMENTAL UNIT EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATIONProviding that only individuals serving as Governor on or before January 18, 2011, are eligiblefor a defined benefit retirement allowance; providing that, on or after July 1, 2011, specifiedindividuals are not eligible to join the Employees Pension System, the Teachers PensionSystem, the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers Retirement System, theLaw Enforcement Officers Pension System, or the Judges Retirement System; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose. This bill would close the Teachers Retirement System defined benefitsystem and replace it with a defined contribution system for all new employees.)

SB 41 EDUCATION AGE FOR COMPULSORY PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCEEXEMPTIONSAltering the age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during theentire school year, subject to specified exceptions; etc. Preliminary analysis: local governmentmandateVARIOUS EFFECTIVE DATES(Position: Support. MABE believes that Marylands current range of compulsory attendanceages, age 4 for economically disadvantaged children, and ages 5 to 16, reflects our heightened
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awareness of the importance of providing universal access to high quality early education, but fallsshort in at the secondary level. Maryland is already in the vanguard of states adopting a lower ageat which it is compulsory to be enrolled. This bill would make a similar adjustment at the upper endof the spectrum, consistent with the states pledge to remain an education-based economy with oneof the most highly educated workforces in the nation. Opponents of raising the compulsoryattendance age often point to the high costs of providing instruction and other educational servicesto students who would drop out but for the change in the law raising the age. MABE rejects the

argument that the age cannot be raised until resources are provided, foremost because they alreadyare, through the per pupil funding formulas and as evidenced by the unprecedented statewide effortto provide the necessary educational interventions to ensure that as many students as possible passthe High School Assessments (HSAs). It is, in fact, pre-kindergarten that is woefully underfundedand not at all on a per pupil FTE basis.)

SB 62 JUVENILE RECORDS DISCLOSURE BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATIONAND JUVENILE SERVICESAuthorizing the State Department of Education and the Department of Juvenile Services to sharespecified information and court records with each other under specified circumstances.

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(No Position)

SB 187 PROCUREMENT PREVAILING WAGE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTIONIncreasing to 75% or more the percentage of State money that must be used in an elementary or asecondary school construction project before the Prevailing Wage Law applies; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Support)

SB 189 PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATE AID FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PLANNING ANDDESIGN COSTSRequiring the Board of Public Works to include the cost of planning and design as an approvedpublic school construction or capital improvement cost; requiring the Board of Public Works, at therecommendation of the Interagency Committee on School Construction, to adopt specifiedregulations; etc.EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011(No Position)

SB 284 EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RECORDS COLLECTION,MAINTENANCE, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTINGAltering the Maryland high school graduation rate formula and ethnic and racial categories in the

formula to be consistent with specified federal regulations and guidelines; defining fouryearadjusted cohort; and repealing an annual reporting requirement.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Support)

SB 315 BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS (BOAST) INMARYLAND TAX CREDITProviding a tax credit against the State income tax for contributions made to an eligible educationalscholarship organization or an eligible innovative educational organization; requiring the State
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Department of Education to administer the tax credit; requiring specified entities to submit anapplication to be an eligible organization by January 1 of each year; establishing the BuildingOpportunities for All Students and Teachers Reserve Fund; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

SB 316 PROPERTY TAX CHARTER COUNTIES EDUCATION FUNDING

Authorizing the county council of a charter county to set a property tax rate higher or to collect moreproperty tax revenues than authorized under the county charter under specified circumstances forthe sole purpose of funding education; requiring a charter county to appropriate to the local boardof education specified revenues and prohibiting a charter county from reducing specified funding tothe local board of education under specified circumstances; etc. Preliminary analysis: localgovernment mandate This bill requires a mandated appropriation in the annual budgetbill.EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011(No Position)

SB 358 AUDIT RESPONSIBILITIES LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES, COMMUNITYCOLLEGES, AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES EMPLOYER PENSION CONTRIBUTIONSAuthorizing the State Department of Education, rather than the State Retirement Agency, toconduct audits on local school systems and public libraries to determine if the employercontributions for State pension benefits have been paid appropriately to the State Retirement andPension System; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(No Position)

SB 369 - EDUCATION SCHOOL BUSES FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS

Requiring that a school bus meet specified fire safety criteria (under the ASTM E 1537 standardtest method for fire testing of upholstered furniture); requiring the State Department of Education toadopt fire safety regulations for school buses and that the regulations include specifiedrequirements; requiring that engine components of school buses meet a specified standard; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011(Position: Hold)

SB 495 - EDUCATION STATE AID GRANT TO LIMIT DECREASES IN FUNDINGRequiring the State to provide a specified grant to a county board of education if specified fundingprovided to a county board decreases by a specified amount; and requiring a study on the

adequacy of education funding to include the impact on State funding of declining enrollments inspecified local school systems. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: no position - as a local bill directly impacting two school systems)

SB 617 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS DATING VIOLENCE POLICY AND DISCIPLINARYSTANDARDSAdding dating violence to provisions of law requiring the reporting of bullying, harassment, andintimidation by a county board of education; specifying who may report incidents of dating violence;
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requiring specified forms, reports, policies and educational programs to include incidents ofdating violence; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

SB 625 - STATE PAYMENTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION COSTSREMITTANCE OF REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTY

Requiring the State, when the State provides reimbursement of forwardfunded public schoolconstruction or public school capital improvement projects, to remit the funds to the countygovernment for a specified purpose; and prohibiting the State from remitting a reimbursement tothe county board of education. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

SB 626 - PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING REFORM ACT OF 2011Repealing the Interagency Committee on School Construction; altering the authority of the StateSuperintendent to approve specified public school construction projects; altering the requirementunder which specified entities may hold title to specified property; altering the definition of

alternative financing methods; requiring public school construction funds allocated in the annualbudget to be distributed to local boards using a specified formula; etc.EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

SB 676 - COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION ALIEN STUDENTSRequiring each county board of education, on or before March 1 of each year, to make a goodfaith effort to provide the governing body of the county with the total number of students enrolledin the public school system of the county whose presence in the United States cannot bereasonably documented; and prohibiting a county board from associating a students race,appearance, language, or name with citizenship or immigration status.EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2011(Position: Oppose)

SB 775 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION ADULTEDUCATION AND LITERACY SERVICES TRANSFER TO MARYLAND STATEDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTransferring adult education and literacy services functions administered by the Department ofLabor, Licensing, and Regulation to the State Department of Education; designating the StateBoard of Education the sole agency in the State responsible for administering and supervisingpolicy and funding for adult education and literacy; requiring the State Department of Education

to be responsible for the development of a specified State plan and submission of the plan to thefederal Department of Education; etc.EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011(Position: No Position)

SB 776 - PARENT EMPOWERMENT ACT OF 2011Authorizing specified parents and legal guardians of students attending public schools that aresubject to corrective action and are not making adequate yearly progress to petition countyboards of education to implement specified interventions based on improving academicachievement or student safety; requiring county boards to notify the State Superintendent
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Reminder: All boards are encouraged to have representation at Legislative Committee meetings.

We look forward to seeing you in Annapolis throughout the 2011 session.

of Schools and the State Board of Education of the receipt and disposition of specified petitions;etc. Preliminary analysis: local government mandate EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011 (Position:Oppose)

SB 825 - EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW OF CONTENT STANDARDS FORCHESS INSTRUCTIONAuthorizing the State Department of Education to develop and review content standards forchess instruction in public schools; authorizing county boards of education to implement chessinstruction in public schools under specified circumstances; etc.EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011 (Position: no position)
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