File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Rice, Stein, Kaiser, Riley, Cardin, Elmore, Gilchrist, Ivey,
Stukes, Tarrant, Vaughn, Walker, Hixson, Doory, Bartlett, Barve, Frick, George,
Howard, Jennings, Krebs, Murphy, Olszewski, Ross, Serafini, and F. Turner
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Public Schools - Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - Policy and
Disciplinary Standards
 
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a model policy
prohibiting bullying, harassment, and intimidation in schools;
requiring that the model policy include specified information;
requiring county boards of education to establish policies prohibiting
bullying, harassment, and intimidation in schools based on the model
policy; defining "bullying, harassment, or intimidation"; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/22
 - First Reading Ways and Means
 - 2/6
 - Hearing 2/20 at 2:00 p.m.
 - 3/22
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
 - 3/19
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/20
 - Third Reading Passed (135-0)
 - 4/3
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (141-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/22
 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 3/26
 - Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 4/1
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/2
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (37-10)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/13
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 489
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
 - Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
 - Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
 - Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
 - Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
 - Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
 - Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
 - Delegate Ron George, District 30
 - Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
 - Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
 - Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
 - Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
 - Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
 - Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
 - Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
 - Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
 - Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
 - Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
 - Delegate Andrew A. Serafini, District 2A
 - Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
 - Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
 - Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
 - Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
 - Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
 - Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Discipline
 - Discrimination
 - Education, Boards of
 - Education -see also- Driver Ed; Higher Ed; Special Ed; etc
 - Education, State Board of
 - Electronic Government
 - Harassment
 - Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
 - Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
 - Local Government Mandates
 - Penalties
 - Publications -see also- Maryland Register
 - Public Employees -see also- State Employees
 - Public Schools
 - Reports
 - Students
 - Telecommunications -see also- Telephones
 - Victims -see also- Criminal Injuries Compensation
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Education
 - (
 7-424 ,
 7-424.1 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 House 
- Number: 805964/03     Offered on: March 22, 2008      at:
12:20 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 114236/01     Offered on: April 4, 2008       at:
12:05 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 20, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (135-0)
 - April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (141-0)
 
Senate
- April 2, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (37-10)