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*sb0786*
SENATE BILL 786
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By: Senators Carozza, Jennings, Eckardt, Simonaire, Salling, Hough, Cassilly,
Edwards, Ready, Hershey, Gallion, West, and Corderman
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Education – Public Schools – Curriculum Publication 2
(Curriculum Transparency and Publication Act) 3
FOR the purpose of requiring each public school to post the curriculum used for each course 4
taught in the school on the school’s publicly accessible website; requiring each county 5
board of education to ensure that public schools post the curriculum used for each 6
course taught in the school on the school’s publicly accessible website; and generally 7
relating to public school curricula. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 4–141 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
4–141. 17
(A) IN THIS SECTION, “CURRICULUM ” MEANS: 18
(1) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIA LS; 19
(2) ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES ; 20
(3) INTERNET LINKS FOR , OR THE NAME OF , A TEXTBOOK; AND 21 2 SENATE BILL 786
(4) COURSE SYLLABI . 1
(B) (1) BEGINNING IN THE 2022–2023 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH PUBLIC 2
SCHOOL SHALL POST TH E CURRICULUM USED FO R EACH COURSE TAUGHT IN THE 3
SCHOOL ON ITS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. 4
(2) NOT LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE CURRI CULUM FOR A 5
COURSE IS APPROVED O R REVISED BY A PUBLI C SCHOOL, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 6
SHALL POST THE NEW O R UPDATED CURRICULUM ON ITS PUBLICLY ACCE SSIBLE 7
WEBSITE. 8
(C) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH PUB LIC SCHOOL IN 9
THE COUNTY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENT S OF THIS SECTION. 10
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11
1, 2022. 12