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HOUSE BILL 652
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CF SB 318
By: Delegate Guyton
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2022
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2022 2
FOR the purpose of requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of 3
certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing 4
postsecondary education; requiring certain county boards to provide a method for 5
certain individuals to not authorize the release of certain student information to 6
certain apprenticeship sponsors and employers; requiring a county board to pay for 7
a student to take certain exams under certain circumstances; and generally relating 8
to career education and apprenticeships. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Education 11
Section 4–141 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – Education 16
Section 7–203.1 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
Article – Education 22
4–141. 23
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(A) IN THIS SECTION , “PLATFORM” MEANS A COLLEGE AND CAREER 1
READINESS SOFTWARE T HAT HELPS SCHOOL SYS TEMS AND SCHOOLS ALI GN 2
STUDENT STRENGTHS AN D INTERESTS TO POSTS ECONDARY GOALS AND C AREERS. 3
(B) A COUNTY BOARD THAT USES A PLATFORM SHAL L: 4
(1) CONSIDER THE PURSUIT OF A VOCATIONAL CERT IFICATE, AN 5
INDUSTRY CERTIFICATI ON, OR AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AS THE EQUIV ALENT 6
OF PURSUING POSTSECO NDARY EDUCATION ; AND 7
(2) PROVIDE IN THE PLATFO RM A METHOD FOR A ST UDENT OR A 8
STUDENT’S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO CHOOSE NOT TO AUT HORIZE THE RELEASE O F 9
THE STUDENT ’S PERSONAL INFORMATI ON AND PLATFORM RESU LTS TO: 10
(I) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE 11
DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 12
OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; OR 13
(II) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND 14
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 15
(C) IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH THE SCHOOL INF ORMS STUDENTS OF 16
POSTSECONDARY EDUCAT IONAL OPTIONS , EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL SHALL 17
INFORM STUDENTS OF E MPLOYMENT AND SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITI ES 18
AVAILABLE THROUGH : 19
(1) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE DIVISION 20
OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 OF THE 21
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; AND 22
(2) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT 23
OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 24
7–203.1. 25
(a) (1) [For fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the Department shall distribute grants 26
to Tier I counties, as defined in § 1–101 of the Economic Development Article, for the 27
administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 28
(2)] For fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Department 29
shall distribute grants to each county for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic 30
Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 31
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[(b)] (2) Subject to the availability of funding in the State budget, the amount of 1
each county’s grant shall be in an amount sufficient for the administration of the test to all 2
10th grade students in the county. 3
(B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION TH E FOLLOWING WORDS HA VE THE 4
MEANINGS INDICATED . 5
(II) “APPRENTICESHIP ENTRAN CE EXAM ” MEANS THE 6
TRADE–SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT USED TO EVALUATE A S TUDENT’S BASIC APTITUDE 7
BEFORE THE STUDENT B EGINS THE PRACTICAL AND TECHNI CAL TRAINING PHASE 8
OF AN APPRENTICESHIP . 9
(III) “INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICAT ION EXAM ” MEANS THE 10
INDUSTRY–RECOGNIZED ASSESSMEN T THAT DOCUMENTS A S TUDENT’S 11
PERFORMANCE AND ACHI EVEMENT OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND RESULT S IN THE 12
RECEIPT OF A CE RTIFICATE, A LICENSE, OR ANY OTHER CREDENT IAL. 13
(2) IF A COUNTY BOARD PAY S FOR ANY STUDENT TO TAKE AN 14
ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION , A PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE 15
TEST/NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST, OR A SCHOLASTIC 16
APTITUDE TEST, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL PAY FOR A STUDENT TO TAK E AN 17
APPRENTICESHIP ENTRA NCE EXAM OR INDUSTRI AL CERTIFICATION EXA M. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19
1, 2022. 20