Legislation - HB0488

Title: Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication
Sponsored by: Delegates Kaufman, Bagnall, Cardin, Feldmark, A. Johnson, Lehman, Pena-Melnyk, Phillips, Pruski, Shetty, Simmons, Solomon, Spiegel, and Wims
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; and requiring the Department to maintain a certain risk ratio and State comparison threshold used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices and report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0714

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2025

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/20/2025 Legislative Date 1/20/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/29/2025 Legislative Date 1/29/2025 Action Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/20/2025	1/20/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication
House	1/29/2025	1/29/2025	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

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