2008 Regular Session
Teachers
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Heroes' Housing Fund of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Olszewski, Rice, Stein, and Walker
- Entitled
- Education - Reporting Requirement - Class Size
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Branch
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study System Variables That Impact Student Achievement in Underperforming Public Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Education - Public Charter Schools - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 518
Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - State Matching Stipends - National Certification
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Glenn and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in a Position of Authority
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Frush
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Student Employees
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kaiser, Carr, Healey, Manno, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Education - Student Behavior Interventions - Use of Time Out, Restraint, and Seclusion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 616
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Branch, Hecht, Love, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, F. Turner, Vallario, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Children With Anaphylactic Allergies - Reduction of Risk
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)
- Entitled
- Teachers' Pension System - Ineligible Positions - Transferring Membership
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Education - Public School Employees - Criminal Convictions
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuler, Boteler, and Bromwell
- Entitled
- Alcoholic Beverages - Home Brewing Instructor's Permit
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Anderson, Cardin, George, Glenn, Jennings, Kach, Lafferty, Morhaim, Murphy, and Olszewski
- Entitled
- Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - School Policy
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Proctor, Vallario, Anderson, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beidle, Bohanan, Boteler, Burns, Carter, Conaway, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Ivey, James, Jameson, Jennings, King, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Levi, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Minnick, O'Donnell, Oaks, Robinson, Shank, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stukes, Stull, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Walker, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax Credit
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barkley
- Entitled
- Retirement and Pensions - Service Retirement Allowances
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1067
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rice, Holmes, Barnes, Ali, Barve, Cardin, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Kramer, Krebs, Manno, Mizeur, Murphy, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Ross, Schuler, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2008
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Bronrott, George, Kach, Lafferty, Olszewski, Hixson, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Elmore, Frick, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, Murphy, Rice, Ross, Serafini, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Safe Schools Reporting Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rudolph and James
- Entitled
- Teachers' Retirement System and Teachers' Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Anderson, Branch, Bronrott, Conaway, Glenn, Haynes, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, McHale, O'Donnell, Oaks, Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Baltimore City Public Schools - High School Students - Voter Education
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Myers, Beitzel, Elliott, Jennings, Kelly, McKee, Shank, Shewell, and Stifler
- Entitled
- Unemployment Insurance - Exemption from Covered Employment - Teachers Providing Music Lessons
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Braveboy, Cane, G. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kirk, Lafferty, Levi, Malone, McHale, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Riley, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Education - Collective Bargaining - Public School Labor Relations Board
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
SB 78
Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Exum, McFadden, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study System Variables That Impact Student Achievement in Underperforming Public Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 167
Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip and Colburn
- Entitled
- Education - Teacher Certification - National Organization Standards
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 229
Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Colburn, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Education - Classroom Instruction Expenditures - Required Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Colburn, Harris, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Public School Collective Bargaining Sunshine Act
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Brinkley, Colburn, Forehand, Glassman, Haines, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Munson, Muse, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Certified Teachers - Flagging Investigative Proceedings
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Jones, and Lenett
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators DeGrange, Brinkley, Currie, Della, Dyson, King, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax Credit
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators McFadden and Miller
- Entitled
- Income Tax Credit for Graduate Level Education - Nonpublic School Teachers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 399
Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - State Matching Stipends - National Certification
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) and Senators Currie, Kasemeyer, Kramer, Munson, and Robey
- Entitled
- Teachers' Pension System - Ineligible Positions - Transferring Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) and Senators Currie, Kasemeyer, Munson, Robey, and Colburn
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Rosapepe, Conway, Frosh, Gladden, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Pinsky, Robey, and Stone
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Student Employees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Pinsky, Rosapepe, Colburn, Dyson, Greenip, Klausmeier, Lenett, Raskin, Harrington, and Middleton
- Entitled
- College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
SB 716
Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Brochin, Colburn, and Stone
- Entitled
- Alcoholic Beverages - Home Brewing Instructor's Permit
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in a Position of Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Brochin, Della, Dyson, Exum, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Education - Collective Bargaining - Public School Labor Relations Board
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
SB 869
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Baltimore City Public Schools - High School Students - Voter Education
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
