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SENATE BILL 583
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By: Senator Bailey
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Center for School Safety – Public Schools – Reporting of Classroom 2
Disruptions 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, a certain county 4
superintendent, and a certain county board of education to take certain actions 5
relating to the reporting of classroom disruptions in public schools; and generally 6
relating to reporting of classroom disruptions in public schools. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Education 9
Section 7–1513 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Education 15
7–1513. 16
(A) THE CENTER SHALL ESTABLIS H: 17
(1) A WEBSITE THRO UGH WHICH AN INDIVID UAL MAY ANONYMOUSLY 18
REPORT CLASSROOM DISRUPTIONS AT A PUB LIC SCHOOL; AND 19
(2) AN OFFICE THAT REVIEW S REPORTS RECEIVED U NDER ITEM (1) 20
OF THIS SUBSECTION A ND REFERS THE REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE C OUNTY 21
SUPERINTENDENT AND C OUNTY BOARD . 22
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(B) WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A REPORT UNDER SUBSE CTION (A) 1
OF THIS SECTION , THE COUNTY SUPERINTE NDENT AND COUNTY BOA RD JOINTLY 2
SHALL PROVIDE A RESP ONSE TO THE REPORT T O THE OFFICE ESTABLI SHED BY THE 3
CENTER UNDER SUBSECTI ON (A) OF THIS SECTION. 4
(C) ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1 EACH YEAR , THE CENTER SHALL MAKE 5
AVAILABLE ON ITS WEB SITE GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER AND TYPE 6
OF REPORTS RECEIVED AND RESPONSES PROVIDED IN ACCORDAN CE WITH THIS 7
SECTION. 8
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9
1, 2022. 10