Teachers

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40

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  HB 38

  Status as of January 16, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Manno

  Entitled

  Heroes' Housing Fund of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 119

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Olszewski, Rice, Stein, and Walker

  Entitled

  Education - Reporting Requirement - Class Size

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 389

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  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
  

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  HB 400

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 465

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kullen

  Entitled

  Education - Public Charter Schools - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  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
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 523

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glenn and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in a Position of Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 538

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frush

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Student Employees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 592

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  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
  

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  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
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 641

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  Teachers' Pension System - Ineligible Positions - Transferring Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 652

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 289

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)

  Entitled

  Education - Public School Employees - Criminal Convictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 674

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Schuler, Boteler, and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Home Brewing Instructor's Permit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 720

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 516

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 732

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stein, Anderson, Cardin, George, Glenn, Jennings, Kach, Lafferty, Morhaim, Murphy, and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - School Policy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 812

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading 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
  

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  HB 817

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barkley

  Entitled

  Retirement and Pensions - Service Retirement Allowances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  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
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1158

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 683

  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

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  HB 1181

  Status as of March 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph and James

  Entitled

  Teachers' Retirement System and Teachers' Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1258

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 314

  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
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1372

  Status as of February 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  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
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1518

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  SB 230

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Greenip, Colburn, Harris, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Public School Collective Bargaining Sunshine Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 231

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  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
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 241

  Status as of January 23, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading 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
  

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  SB 373

  Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  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

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  SB 388

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden and Miller

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit for Graduate Level Education - Nonpublic School Teachers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  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
  

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  SB 487

  Status as of February 14, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  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
  

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  SB 564

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  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

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  SB 617

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  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
  

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  SB 657

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  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

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  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
  

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  SB 740

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Muse

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in a Position of Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 850

  Status as of February 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  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
  

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  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