File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 710
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Conway, Astle, Britt, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson,
Exum, Frosh, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hafer, Hogan,
Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier,
Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Schrader, Stone,
Teitelbaum, and Brochin
- Entitled:
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Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional
Materials
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.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/6
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 3/29
- Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/26
- Governor vetoed - Duplicative
Sponsored by:
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
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
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 754531/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 17, 2006 at:
10:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 565667/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 6, 2006 at:
11:26 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 21, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 6, 2006: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House
- April 3, 2006: Third Reading Passed (137-0)