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SENATE BILL 756
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By: Senator Hester
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
University System of Maryland – County School Technology Pilot Program – 2
Established 3
FOR the purpose of establishing the County School Technology Pilot Program, 4
implemented and administered by the University System of Maryland, to identify 5
opportunities to apply computer–based analytical approaches to county school 6
redistricting processes; and generally relating to the County School Technology Pilot 7
Program. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 12–124 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Education 16
12–124. 17
(A) IN THIS SECTION, “PROGRAM” MEANS THE COUNTY SCHOOL 18
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 19
(B) (1) THERE IS A COUNTY SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 20
(2) (I) THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SHALL 21
IMPLEMENT AND ADMINI STER THE PROGRAM. 22
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(II) THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND MAY 1
COORDINATE WITH THE FOLLOWING I NSTITUTIONS AND PROG RAMS TO IMPLEMENT 2
AND ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM: 3
1. THE MARYLAND LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM 4
CENTER; 5
2. THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE; 6
3. THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES INSTITUTE; AND 7
4. SMART GROWTH MARYLAND. 8
(3) THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SHALL PROVIDE THE 9
FOLLOWING PERSONNEL TO THE PROGRAM: 10
(I) A PROJECT MANAGER WITH EXPERIENCE IN STATE 11
PLANNING; AND 12
(II) A DATABASE ENGINEER WITH EXPERIENCE IN : 13
1. GIS SOFTWARE AND GIS QUERIES; OR 14
2. SQL PROGRAMMING AND QUERIES. 15
(C) (1) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REVIEW THE HOWARD 16
COUNTY SCHOOL REDISTRICTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO : 17
(I) IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIE S TO APPLY COMPUTER –BASED 18
ANALYTICAL PROCESSES FOR MORE EFFICIENT SCHOOL REDISTRICTING THAT ARE 19
NOT SUBJECT TO PERSO NAL OR POLITICAL INF LUENCE; AND 20
(II) TO THE EXTENT PRACTIC ABLE, PREDICT THE NUMBER O F 21
PREKINDERGARTEN SEAT S THAT WIL L BE NEEDED WITHIN T HE FOLLOWING 3 22
YEARS. 23
(2) A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY USE RES ULTS OBTAINED 24
THROUGH THE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTY’S SCHOOL REDISTRICTING PROCESSES. 25
(D) IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL 26
BUDGET BILL AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 FOR THE PROGRAM. 27
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(E) ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30 EACH YEAR, BEGINNING IN 2024 THROUGH 1
2028, THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SHALL REPORT TO THE SENATE 2
EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND THE 3
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE 4
STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING INFORM ATION FOR THE 5
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIN G SCHOOL YEAR : 6
(1) DATA RESOURCES AND ME THODOLOGIES USED ; 7
(2) A FUTURE TREND ANALYSI S; 8
(3) A FISCAL ANALYSIS; AND 9
(4) IF HOWARD COUNTY INITIATES A SC HOOL REDISTRICTING 10
PROCESS, A COMPARATIVE REDIST RICTING ANALYSIS INC LUDING EFFECTIVENESS 11
AND EFFICIENCIES GAI NED. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13
1, 2022. It shall remain effective for a period of 6 years and, at the end of June 30, 2028, 14
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 15
of no further force and effect. 16