File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 849
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Kaiser, Bronrott, Carr, Conway, Healey, Love, Manno, Montgomery,
Howard, Ivey, Rice, Ross, and Stukes
- Entitled:
-
Fitness and Athletics Equity for Students with Disabilities Act
Requiring county boards of education to ensure that students with
disabilities have equal opportunities to participate in physical
education programs and try out for, and, if selected, to participate
in mainstream athletic programs; providing for exceptions; requiring
county boards to provide specified accommodations; requiring county
boards to develop specified policies and procedures; requiring county
boards to provide opportunities for students with disabilities to
participate in specified competition; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/8
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 4/1
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 4/5
- Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/4
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed (44-3)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/13
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 465
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
- Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
- Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
- Discrimination
- Education, Boards of
- Education, Department of
- Education -see also- Driver Ed; Higher Ed; Special Ed; etc
- Education, State Board of
- Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
- Notices
- Publications -see also- Maryland Register
- Public Information
- Public Schools
- Reports
- Rules and Regulations
- Special Education
- Sports -see also- Recreation; Stadiums
- Students
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Education
- (
7-4B-06 ,
7-4B-05 ,
7-4B-04 ,
7-4B-03 ,
7-4B-02 ,
7-4B-01
)
- 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: 675165/01 Offered on: April 3, 2008 at:
12:05 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Senate
- April 5, 2008: Third Reading Passed (44-3)
