2006 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 710

CHAPTER NUMBER: 347 File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 392
Sponsored By:
Delegates Heller, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Benson, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, Bromwell, Brown, Burns, Cluster, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, C. Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elmore, Franchot, Glassman, Gutierrez, Hammen, Harrison, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Impallaria, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, King, Kohl, Krysiak, Kullen, Mandel, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pugh, Quinter, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, Zirkin, Bartlett, Cardin, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Kaiser, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled:
Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional Materials

Synopsis:

Requiring the State Department of Education to collaborate with and provide support to the Instructional Resources Center to develop procedures to coordinate the statewide availability of textbooks and supplementary instructional materials that may be accessed using specified specialized formats using the federal National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard; requiring the Department and county boards of education to include a specified provision in textbook and instructional materials procurement contracts; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/6
First Reading Ways and Means
2/15
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/21
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/23
Third Reading Passed (135-0)
4/5
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/24
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/6
Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/3
Favorable Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/2
Signed by the Governor Chapter 347

Sponsored by:

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7
Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28
Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
Delegate Sheryl Davis Kohl, District 34A
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

APPROPRIATIONS
BLIND PERSONS
COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.
DISABILITIES, DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL
EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- COMM COLLEGES; MED SCHOOLS; etc.
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
LIBRARIES -see also- ARCHIVES
PROCUREMENT
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
REPORTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
STUDENTS
TEXTBOOKS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Education
( 8-408 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
Number: 165563/02 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 2006   at: 11:56 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 773729/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 6, 2006   at: 12:47 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 23, 2006: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
April 5, 2006: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Senate
April 4, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)