2002 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education (F1)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 82
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Campbell, Taylor, Arnick, Busch, Conway, Dewberry, Doory, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, McIntosh, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Barkley, Bobo, Bohanan, Burns, Cadden, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Crouse, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dobson, Donoghue, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Gladden, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Love, Mandel, McHale, McKee, Minnick, Moe, Morhaim, Parrott, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Shriver, Turner, Valderrama, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Education - Principal Training Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Campbell
- Entitled
- Education - Teacher Salary Signing Bonus - Eligibility Requirements
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Campbell
- Entitled
- Special Education - Student Placement - Hearing Rights
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Leopold and McKee
- Entitled
- Education - State Stipends - Eligibility of Library Media Specialists and Reading Specialists
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Campbell
- Entitled
- Education - School Reconstitution
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Brown
- Entitled
- Education - Child from Out of State Placed for Adoption - Liability for Costs
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Leopold, Rawlings, Flanagan, Marriott, Greenip, Cadden, Rosso, Cryor, and Boschert
- Entitled
- Public Charter School Act of 2002
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Phillips, and Heller
- Entitled
- Teacher Professional Development School State Aid Pilot Program
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Campbell
- Entitled
- Elementary and Secondary Education - Mentoring Program Grants - Requirements for Funding
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Edwards, Kelly, Taylor, Conroy, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bohanan, Bozman, Carlson, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Greenip, Heller, Howard, Marriott, McKee, Patterson, Phillips, Ports, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, and Shriver
- Entitled
- Education - High School Diplomas - Korean Conflict Veterans
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Amedori, Boutin, DeCarlo, Edwards, Elliott, Kach, Kelly, Owings, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Education - Public Schools - Patriotic Exercise
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Hixson, Heller, R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, A. Jones, Kagan, Kelly, Kirk, Klausmeier, Linton, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Riley, Rosso, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Education - Negotiations Between Public School Employers and Employee Organizations
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Leopold and Heller
- Entitled
- Education - Principals - State Salary Grants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Shriver, Bartlett, Bohanan, Bozman, Conroy, C. Davis, Healey, Heller, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Carlson, Cryor, Finifter, Howard, Marriott, Patterson, Phillips, Zirkin, Love, McKee, Dembrow, Conway, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Branch, Cadden, D'Amato, Dewberry, Edwards, Franchot, Griffith, Hecht, Hubers, James, A. Jones, Kagan, Klima, Leopold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Stocksdale, and Turner
- Entitled
- Maryland Infants and Toddlers Act of 2002
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Owings, Hubbard, Bronrott, Rosso, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Education - Sports Programs - Mouthguards
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Education - National Board Certified Teachers - Stipend Eligibility
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Greenip
- Entitled
- Public Education - Maryland Adolescent Survey - Parental Notice and Permission
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, R. Baker, Pitkin, and Rzepkowski
- Entitled
- Education - Gifted and Talented Students
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Healey, Bartlett, Bozman, Conroy, C. Davis, Greenip, Heller, Howard, Marriott, and Rosso
- Entitled
- Education - Task Force to Study the Optimum Size for School Districts in Maryland
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Campbell , Benson, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bohanan, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Heller, Howard, Marriott, McKee, Patterson, Phillips, Ports, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, and Shriver
- Entitled
- Education - Schools and Other Educational Programs - Task Force to Propose Regulations Regarding Student Behavior Intervention
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Healey, Nathan-Pulliam, Bozman, Conroy, C. Davis, Greenip, Heller, Howard, Marriott, Patterson, and Rosso
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Health of Students - Soap Required in Public School Lavatories
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Maryland's Expanding Our Commitment to Excellence in Learning (EXCEL) Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montague, Gladden, C. Davis, Phillips, and Marriott
- Entitled
- Education - Elementary Schools - Moratorium on Suspensions of Students
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 655
Status as of March 26, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Heller, McKee, Conroy, Howard, Leopold, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Ed-Schs - Recruitment and Retention of Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Reading Specialists - Supplemental Financial Assistance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 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
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, Owings, Hammen, Bozman, Ports, and Redmer
- Entitled
- Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Funding
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cadden, Heller, Sophocleus, Rosso, Barkley, Owings, Howard, Benson, Dembrow, Clagett, Dewberry, D'Amato, Proctor, DeCarlo, W. Baker, Malone, Busch, Mohorovic, A. Jones, Minnick, Hubbard, McIntosh, Rosenberg, Turner, and Hubers
- Entitled
- Education - Governor's School Salary Challenge Program - Principals
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Greenip
- Entitled
- Maryland School Performance Assessment Program - Federal Student Testing Standards
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shriver, Benson, Carlson, Frush, Fulton, Grosfeld, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Sophocleus, Franchot, Bronrott, C. Davis, Kirk, Conroy, Cane, Dembrow, Petzold, Bobo, Zirkin, Swain, Menes, Barkley, Riley, Hurson, and Healey
- Entitled
- Education - Full-Day Kindergarten and Half-Day Pre-Kindergarten Programs - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rawlings
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Certificated Teachers - Reconstitution Schools or Reconstitution-Eligible Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Busch and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Education - Public School Facilities
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Finifter and Conroy
- Entitled
- Education - Certification Requirements for Teachers - Heimlich Maneuver and CPR Training
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dembrow
- Entitled
- Education - Discipline of Students - Suspension and Expulsion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bartlett
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Extracurricular Activities - Home-Schooled and Private School Students
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Public School Construction - Small Community School Preservation Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hixson
- Entitled
- Education - Certificated Personnel - Expanded Eligibility for Stipends, Bonuses, and Scholarships
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rudolph, Crouse, Hecht, James, and Riley
- Entitled
- Education - All-Day Kindergarten - Phase-In State Funding Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway and Rawlings
- Entitled
- Education - Student Transportation Grants - Increase in Amounts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shriver and Finifter
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Kindergarten - Required Use of Instructional Assistants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Shriver
- Entitled
- Education - Disabled Children - Nonpublic Educational Programs and Related Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates James and Heller
- Entitled
- Education - School Census and Census of Children with Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Carlson, Cryor, Howard, and Shriver
- Entitled
- Education - Financing - Aid to Education
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rawlings, Howard, and Conway (Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence)
- Entitled
- Adequate and Equitable Funding for Public Schools Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Swain, and Giannetti
- Entitled
- Education - Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program - Expansion and Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montague
- Entitled
- Education - Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School State Education Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montague
- Entitled
- County Boards of Education - Interagency Transition Teams to Assist Students in the Juvenile Justice System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Education - Student Member of the State Board
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
HB 1418
Status as of March 4, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Brown, Healey, Pitkin, Griffith, and Marriott
- Entitled
- Education - Liability for Education Costs - Exemptions for Certain Out-of-State Agencies
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Taylor
- Entitled
- Education - One Maryland Public School Construction
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ports , Boschert, and Conroy
- Entitled
- American Patriotism in Maryland Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Greenip, Amedori, and Bartlett
- Entitled
- State Board of Education - Oversight of Curricula and Textbooks to Assure Against Use of Nonverified Information
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Benson
- Entitled
- General Assembly - Middle and High School - Visits by Legislators
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Amedori, Boutin, DeCarlo, Edwards, Elliott, Kach, Kelly, McKee, Owings, Pitkin, Stocksdale, Stull, and Bates
- Entitled
- County Boards of Education - Recitation of the American's Creed
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Education - Special Education - Transfer of Rights at Age of Majority
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 153
Status as of March 25, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 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
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dorman
- Entitled
- Elementary and Secondary Education - Mentoring Program Grants - Requirements for Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Blount, Conway, Della, Hooper, Jacobs, Lawlah, Mitchell, Mooney, Neall, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
- Entitled
- Education - Children in Out-of-County Living Arrangements - Informal Kinship Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Blount, Collins, Hollinger, Frosh, Harris, Mooney, and Schrader
- Entitled
- Public Charter School Act of 2002
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Astle, Baker, Bromwell, Collins, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Haines, Harris, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Mitchell, Munson, Neall, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
- Entitled
- Education - Technology for Education Program - Equivalent Access for Students with Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Astle, Collins, Conway, Currie, Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Mitchell, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
- Entitled
- Education - Negotiations Between Public School Employers and Employee Organizations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Ways and Means
SB 256
Status as of February 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Lawlah, and Mitchell
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Certificated Teachers - Reconstitution Schools or Reconstitution-Eligible Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 401
Status as of March 12, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Colburn, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Kittleman, Mitchell, Munson, Roesser, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Education Innovation Act of 2002 - Public Charter School Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger, Bromwell, and Neall
- Entitled
- Maryland Infants and Toddlers Act of 2002
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
SB 452
Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators McFadden, Conway, DeGrange, Lawlah, Teitelbaum, Hoffman, Forehand, Mitchell, Hogan, Van Hollen, and Exum
- Entitled
- Education - Compulsory Attendance and Parental Responsibility - Age Limits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jimeno
- Entitled
- Education - Governor's School Salary Challenge Program - Principals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Harris, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Education - Certificated Employees - Collective Bargaining - Merit Pay Increases
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Education - Certificated Employees - Probationary Employment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 588
Status as of March 12, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- Education - Resident Teacher Corps Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 621
Status as of February 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hoffman
- Entitled
- Education - State Board of Education - Rezoning of County School Districts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 634
Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Maryland School Performance Assessment Program - Federal Student Testing Standards
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 635
Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Public Education - Maryland Adolescent Survey - Parental Notice and Permission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 656
Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hollinger
- Entitled
- Education - Schools - Recruitment and Retention of Certificated Personnel in Categories of Need - Supplemental Financial Assistance
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 679
Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Kelley, and Sfikas
- Entitled
- Commercialism in Schools Act of 2002 - Policy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 680
Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Kelley, and Sfikas
- Entitled
- Education - Vending Machines in Schools - Policy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Public School Construction - Use of Solar Energy - Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hoffman
- Entitled
- Education - Public School Construction - Renovation and Conversion of Public School Library to Community Library and Resource Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Education - Financing - Aid to Education
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hoffman, Lawlah, and Neall (Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence) and Senator Collins
- Entitled
- Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Bromwell and Hooper
- Entitled
- Education - High School Diplomas - World War II Veterans
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris, Blount, Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Dyson, Frosh, Mooney, Schrader, Stone, Colburn, and Ferguson
- Entitled
- American Patriotism in Maryland Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Astle, Baker, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Hafer, Harris, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Kelley, Kittleman, Middleton, Miller, Mooney, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Schrader, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Character Education Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
