2002 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 153

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 817
Sponsored By:
Senators Mitchell, Bromwell, Conway, Currie, Frosh, Hoffman, Hughes, McFadden, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Teitelbaum
Entitled:
Education - Full-Day Kindergarten and Half-Day Pre-Kindergarten Programs - Establishment

Synopsis:

Requiring county boards of education to establish full-day kindergarten programs by a specified date; requiring the Maryland State Board of Education to adopt specified regulations; repealing a specified exemption for kindergarten programs from specified requirements for minimum days or hours of operation; altering a specified definition; requiring the Governor to include specified funds in the State budget in specified fiscal years for pre-kindergarten programs under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/14
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation
1/30
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
3/25
Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
APPROPRIATIONS
EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SUNSET
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Education
( 5-202 , 7-101 , 7-301 )

Documents:

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