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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0756* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 756 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F5 2lr0744 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Hester |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | |
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| 18 | 18 | | University System of Maryland – County School Technology Pilot Program – 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Established 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of establishing the County School Technology Pilot Program, 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | implemented and administered by the University System of Maryland, to identify 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | opportunities to apply computer–based analytical approaches to county school 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | redistricting processes; and generally relating to the County School Technology Pilot 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Program. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Education 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 12–124 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Education 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12–124. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “PROGRAM” MEANS THE COUNTY SCHOOL 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) (1) THERE IS A COUNTY SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) (I) THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SHALL 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | IMPLEMENT AND ADMINI STER THE PROGRAM. 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 756 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (II) THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND MAY 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | COORDINATE WITH THE FOLLOWING I NSTITUTIONS AND PROG RAMS TO IMPLEMENT 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | AND ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM: 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1. THE MARYLAND LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | CENTER; 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2. THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE; 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | |
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| 59 | 59 | | 3. THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES INSTITUTE; AND 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | |
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| 61 | 61 | | 4. SMART GROWTH MARYLAND. 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | |
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| 63 | 63 | | (3) THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SHALL PROVIDE THE 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | FOLLOWING PERSONNEL TO THE PROGRAM: 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | |
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| 66 | 66 | | (I) A PROJECT MANAGER WITH EXPERIENCE IN STATE 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | PLANNING; AND 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | |
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| 69 | 69 | | (II) A DATABASE ENGINEER WITH EXPERIENCE IN : 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | |
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| 71 | 71 | | 1. GIS SOFTWARE AND GIS QUERIES; OR 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | |
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| 73 | 73 | | 2. SQL PROGRAMMING AND QUERIES. 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | |
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| 75 | 75 | | (C) (1) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REVIEW THE HOWARD 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | COUNTY SCHOOL REDISTRICTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO : 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | |
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| 78 | 78 | | (I) IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIE S TO APPLY COMPUTER –BASED 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ANALYTICAL PROCESSES FOR MORE EFFICIENT SCHOOL REDISTRICTING THAT ARE 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | NOT SUBJECT TO PERSO NAL OR POLITICAL INF LUENCE; AND 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (II) TO THE EXTENT PRACTIC ABLE, PREDICT THE NUMBER O F 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | PREKINDERGARTEN SEAT S THAT WIL L BE NEEDED WITHIN T HE FOLLOWING 3 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | YEARS. 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (2) A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY USE RES ULTS OBTAINED 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | THROUGH THE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTY’S SCHOOL REDISTRICTING PROCESSES. 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (D) IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL 26 |
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| 90 | 90 | | BUDGET BILL AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 FOR THE PROGRAM. 27 |
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| 91 | 91 | | SENATE BILL 756 3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (E) ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30 EACH YEAR, BEGINNING IN 2024 THROUGH 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | 2028, THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SHALL REPORT TO THE SENATE 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND THE 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING INFORM ATION FOR THE 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIN G SCHOOL YEAR : 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | |
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| 101 | 101 | | (1) DATA RESOURCES AND ME THODOLOGIES USED ; 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | |
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| 103 | 103 | | (2) A FUTURE TREND ANALYSI S; 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | |
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| 105 | 105 | | (3) A FISCAL ANALYSIS; AND 9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | |
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| 107 | 107 | | (4) IF HOWARD COUNTY INITIATES A SC HOOL REDISTRICTING 10 |
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| 108 | 108 | | PROCESS, A COMPARATIVE REDIST RICTING ANALYSIS INC LUDING EFFECTIVENESS 11 |
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| 109 | 109 | | AND EFFICIENCIES GAI NED. 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | |
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| 111 | 111 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | 1, 2022. It shall remain effective for a period of 6 years and, at the end of June 30, 2028, 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | of no further force and effect. 16 |
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