2002 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 701

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 186
Sponsored By:
Delegates Shriver, Bartlett, Benson, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Carlson, Cane, DeCarlo, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Glassman, Grosfeld, Hurson, V. Jones, Kirk, Love, Marriott, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Owings, Petzold, Phillips, Ports, Redmer, Riley, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, Swain, and Menes
Entitled:
Education - Children in Out-of-County Living Arrangements - Informal Kinship Care

Synopsis:

Requiring a local superintendent to allow a child to attend a public school in a county where the child is not domiciled with the child's parent or legal guardian if the child lives with a relative in the county due to a serious family hardship; requiring specified relatives of a child to file affidavits under specified circumstances; authorizing specified relatives to make educational and health care decisions for children in their custody; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/6
First Reading Ways and Means
2/13
Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
4/8
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CHILD CUSTODY
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
FORMS
FOSTER CARE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STUDENTS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Education
( 4-122 , 7-101 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered