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SENATE BILL 831
F1 (2lr3076)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs/Ways and
Means and Appropriations —
Introduced by Senators Zucker and King
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his app roval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Education Support Professionals – Workgroup and Bonus Bonus and Report 2
FOR the purpose of establishing the Workgroup to Study the Wages of Education Support 3
Professionals; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an 4
appropriation sufficient to provide a certain bonus to certain public school employees 5
in a certain fiscal year; requiring the State Department of Education to collect 6
certain data from each county board of education for a certain school year and to 7
report the data on or before a certain date; and generally relating to the study of the 8
wages of, and the payment of a bonus to, education support professionals. 9
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
That: 11
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(a) In this section, “education support professionals” means noncertificated public 1
school employees designated as part of a bargaining unit under Title 6, Subtitle 5 of the 2
Education Article. 3
(a) (b) There is a Workgroup to Study the Wages of Education Support Professionals. 4
(b) (c) The purpose of the Workgroup is to determine what percentage of education 5
support professionals in the State earn a living wage and to study increasing the wages of 6
education support professionals to attract and retain skilled workers. 7
(c) (d) The Workgroup consists of the following members: 8
(1) two members of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President of 9
the Senate; 10
(2) two members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of 11
the House; 12
(3) one member of the Maryland Association of Boards of Education, 13
appointed by the Executive Director of the Association; 14
(4) the President of the Maryland State Education Association, or the 15
President’s designee; 16
(5) the President of the Service Employees International Union Local 500, 17
or the President’s designee; 18
(6) the President of the American Federation of State, County and 19
Municipal Employees Local 2250, or the President’s designee; 20
(7) the President of the American Federation of Teachers–Maryland, or the 21
President’s designee; and 22
(8) the Executive Director of the American Federation of State, County and 23
Municipal Employees Council 67, or the Executive Director’s designee. 24
(d) (e) The Workgroup shall elect the chair of the Workgroup by a majority vote at 25
the first meeting. 26
(e) (f) The Maryland State Department of Education shall provide staff for the 27
Workgroup. 28
(f) (g) A member of the Workgroup: 29
(1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Workgroup; but 30
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(2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State 1
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget. 2
(g) (h) In determining what percentage of education support professionals earn a 3
living wage in the State and to study increasing the wages of education support 4
professionals to attract and retain skilled workers, the Workgroup shall consider: 5
(1) the role of local education systems and the State in hiring education 6
support professionals; 7
(2) the number of education support professionals employed by the State 8
or a local school system, or as a contractor; 9
(3) any cost–sharing between the State and the local school systems with 10
regard to the wages and salaries of education support professionals; 11
(4) the total number of part–time and full–time education support 12
professionals in the State; 13
(5) the number of hours required to work, according to the policies of each 14
jurisdiction, to be considered a full–time employee; 15
(6) a complete list of education support professional classifications by 16
jurisdiction; 17
(7) the average hourly wage of education support professionals in the State 18
and by jurisdiction; 19
(8) an analysis of the wage scale for education support professionals; 20
(9) information on increased wages or bonuses by jurisdiction within the 21
last 5 years; 22
(10) the amount of vacancies in the State and by jurisdiction for education 23
support professional jobs; and 24
(11) information on the future of education support professional jobs in the 25
State. 26
(h) (i) The Maryland State Department of Education and each county board of 27
education shall provide all information requested from the Workgroup. 28
(j) (1) On or before November 30, 2022, the Workgroup shall submit an 29
interim report of its findings and recommendations to, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the 30
State Government Article, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate 31
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the House Ap propriations 32
Committee, and the House Committee on Ways and Means. 33 4 SENATE BILL 831
(2) On or before August 31, 2023, the Workgroup shall submit a final report 1
of its findings and recommendations, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government 2
Article, to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate Education, Health, and 3
Environmental Affairs Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House 4
Committee on Ways and Means. 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 6
(a) In this section, “noncertificated education support professionals” means 7
noncertificated public school employees designated as part of a bargaining unit under Title 8
6, Subtitle 5 of the Education Article. 9
(a) (b) If the fiscal year 2023 budget includes an appropriation sufficient to provide a 10
$500 bonus to each noncertificated education support professional in fiscal year 2023, the 11
The Governor shall include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2024 an appropriation 12
sufficient to provide a $500 bonus to equal to the number of noncertificated education 13
support professionals, reported collected in accordance with subsection (d) (c) of this section, 14
multiplied by $500 for, in order to provide a $500 bonus to each noncertificated education 15
support professional in fiscal year 2024. 16
(b) (c) If the fiscal year 2023 budget does not include an appropriation sufficient to 17
provide a $500 bonus to each noncertificated education support professional in fiscal year 18
2023, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2024 an 19
appropriation sufficient to provide a $1,000 bonus to equal to the number of noncertificated 20
education support professionals, reported in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, 21
multiplied by $1,000 for each noncertificated education support professional in fiscal year 22
2024. 23
(d) (c) The Maryland State Department of Education shall: 24
(1) collect data from each county board of education regarding, including 25
Baltimore City, on the number of noncertificated education support professionals the 26
county board employed during the 2021–2022 school year; and 27
(2) on or before September 15, 2022, submit a report to the Governor, the 28
Department of Budget and Management, and the General Assembly, in accordance with § 29
2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the total number of noncertificated education 30
support professionals employed by county boards of education during the 2021–2022 school 31
year. 32
SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACT ED, That this Act shall take effect 33
July 1, 2022. Section 1 of this this Act shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and 4 34
months and, at the end of October 31, 2023, Section 1 of this Act, with no further action 35
required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 36