HOUSE BILL 710

Sponsored By:

Delegates Heller, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Benson, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, Bromwell, Brown, Burns, Cluster, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, C. Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elmore, Franchot, Glassman, Gutierrez, Hammen, Harrison, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Impallaria, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, King, Kohl, Krysiak, Kullen, Mandel, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pugh, Quinter, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, Zirkin, Bartlett, Cardin, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Kaiser, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, and Ross

Entitled:

Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional Materials

Synopsis:

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.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/6

First Reading Ways and Means

2/15

Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.

3/24

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

3/21

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/23

Third Reading Passed (135-0)

4/5

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (139-0)

Passed Enrolled

Senate Action

3/24

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/6

Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/3

Favorable Report Adopted

Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/4

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/2

Signed by the Governor Chapter 347

Sponsored by:

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B

Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8

Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11

Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate Sheryl Davis Kohl, District 34A

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Delegate Catherine E. Pugh, District 40

Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

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 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House

Number: 165563/02 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 2006   at: 11:56 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 773729/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 6, 2006   at: 12:47 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 23, 2006: Third Reading Passed (135-0)

April 5, 2006: Third Reading Passed (139-0)

Senate

April 4, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)