Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB652 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0652
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 652
8	8	F5, F1 2lr3058
9	9	CF SB 318
10	10	By: Delegate Guyton
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2022
12	12	Assigned to: Ways and Means
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2022 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of 3
21	21	certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing 4
22	22	postsecondary education; requiring certain county boards to provide a method for 5
23	23	certain individuals to not authorize the release of certain student information to 6
24	24	certain apprenticeship sponsors and employers; requiring a county board to pay for 7
25	25	a student to take certain exams under certain circumstances; and generally relating 8
26	26	to career education and apprenticeships. 9
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28	28	BY adding to 10
29	29	Article – Education 11
30	30	Section 4–141 12
31	31	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
32	32	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14
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34	34	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
35	35	Article – Education 16
36	36	Section 7–203.1 17
37	37	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
38	38	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 19
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40	40	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
41	41	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
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43	43	Article – Education 22
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45	45	4–141. 23
46	46	2 HOUSE BILL 652
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49	49	(A) IN THIS SECTION , “PLATFORM” MEANS A COLLEGE AND CAREER 1
50	50	READINESS SOFTWARE T HAT HELPS SCHOOL SYS TEMS AND SCHOOLS ALI GN 2
51	51	STUDENT STRENGTHS AN D INTERESTS TO POSTS ECONDARY GOALS AND C AREERS. 3
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53	53	(B) A COUNTY BOARD THAT USES A PLATFORM SHAL L: 4
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55	55	(1) CONSIDER THE PURSUIT OF A VOCATIONAL CERT IFICATE, AN 5
56	56	INDUSTRY CERTIFICATI ON, OR AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AS THE EQUIV ALENT 6
57	57	OF PURSUING POSTSECO NDARY EDUCATION ; AND 7
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59	59	(2) PROVIDE IN THE PLATFO RM A METHOD FOR A ST UDENT OR A 8
60	60	STUDENT’S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO CHOOSE NOT TO AUT HORIZE THE RELEASE O F 9
61	61	THE STUDENT ’S PERSONAL INFORMATI ON AND PLATFORM RESU LTS TO: 10
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63	63	(I) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE 11
64	64	DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 12
65	65	OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; OR 13
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67	67	(II) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND 14
68	68	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 15
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70	70	(C) IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH THE SCHOOL INF ORMS STUDENTS OF 16
71	71	POSTSECONDARY EDUCAT IONAL OPTIONS , EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL SHALL 17
72	72	INFORM STUDENTS OF E MPLOYMENT AND SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITI ES 18
73	73	AVAILABLE THROUGH : 19
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75	75	(1) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE DIVISION 20
76	76	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 OF THE 21
77	77	LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; AND 22
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79	79	(2) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT 23
80	80	OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 24
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82	82	7–203.1. 25
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84	84	(a) (1) [For fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the Department shall distribute grants 26
85	85	to Tier I counties, as defined in § 1–101 of the Economic Development Article, for the 27
86	86	administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 28
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88	88	(2)] For fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Department 29
89	89	shall distribute grants to each county for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic 30
90	90	Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 31
91	91	HOUSE BILL 652 3
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94	94	[(b)] (2) Subject to the availability of funding in the State budget, the amount of 1
95	95	each county’s grant shall be in an amount sufficient for the administration of the test to all 2
96	96	10th grade students in the county. 3
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98	98	(B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION TH E FOLLOWING WORDS HA VE THE 4
99	99	MEANINGS INDICATED . 5
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101	101	(II) “APPRENTICESHIP ENTRAN CE EXAM ” MEANS THE 6
102	102	TRADE–SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT USED TO EVALUATE A S TUDENT’S BASIC APTITUDE 7
103	103	BEFORE THE STUDENT B EGINS THE PRACTICAL AND TECHNI CAL TRAINING PHASE 8
104	104	OF AN APPRENTICESHIP . 9
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106	106	(III) “INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICAT ION EXAM ” MEANS THE 10
107	107	INDUSTRY–RECOGNIZED ASSESSMEN T THAT DOCUMENTS A S TUDENT’S 11
108	108	PERFORMANCE AND ACHI EVEMENT OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND RESULT S IN THE 12
109	109	RECEIPT OF A CE RTIFICATE, A LICENSE, OR ANY OTHER CREDENT IAL. 13
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111	111	(2) IF A COUNTY BOARD PAY S FOR ANY STUDENT TO TAKE AN 14
112	112	ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION , A PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE 15
113	113	TEST/NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST, OR A SCHOLASTIC 16
114	114	APTITUDE TEST, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL PAY FOR A STUDENT TO TAK E AN 17
115	115	APPRENTICESHIP ENTRA NCE EXAM OR INDUSTRI AL CERTIFICATION EXA M. 18
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117	117	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19
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