Legislation - HB1254

Title: Education - Public Schools - Service Contracts and Professional Development
Sponsored by: Delegate Feldmark
Status: In the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring a county board of education that seeks to enter into a service contract to submit to the State Department of Education information to justify the need for the service contract, and to submit a plan of assistance for employees adversely affected by the service contract; requiring the Department, by July 1, 2027, to design and develop a new system of professional development for paraeducators and other education support professionals; and requiring each county board to provide the new system to its employees by June 30, 2028.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0904

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

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 2/12/2026 Legislative Date 2/12/2026 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Education - Public Schools - Service Contracts and Professional Development Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/12/2026	2/12/2026	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Education - Public Schools - Service Contracts and Professional Development

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