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Maryland Senate Bill SB888

Maryland 2022 Regular Session

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77 SENATE BILL 888
88 F1 2lr2991
99 CF HB 352
1010 By: Senator Lee
1111 Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
1212 Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
1313
1414 A BILL ENTITLED
1515
1616 AN ACT concerning 1
1717
1818 Education – American Studies and Social Equity Standards Advisory Board 2
1919 – Academic Standards and Model Policy 3
2020
2121 FOR the purpose of establishing the American Studies and Social Equity Standards 4
2222 Advisory Board within the State Department of Education; requiring the Advisory 5
2323 Board to review and develop recommendations for academic standards for American 6
2424 studies in public schools in the State and to develop a model policy on ethnic and 7
2525 social equity in schools; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt American 8
2626 studies academic standards on or before a certain date; requiring each county board 9
2727 of education to adopt a certain policy and implement a curriculum for an American 10
2828 studies course based on certain standards on or before the start of a certain school 11
2929 year; and generally relating to the American studies academic standards and 12
3030 curriculum and ethnic and social equity model policy. 13
3131
3232 BY adding to 14
3333 Article – Education 15
3434 Section 7–129 16
3535 Annotated Code of Maryland 17
3636 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18
3737
3838 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
3939 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
4040
4141 Article – Education 21
4242
4343 7–129. 22
4444
4545 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 23
4646 INDICATED. 24
4747 2 SENATE BILL 888
4848
4949
5050 (2) “ADVISORY BOARD” MEANS THE AMERICAN STUDIES AND 1
5151 SOCIAL EQUITY STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD. 2
5252
5353 (3) “AMERICAN STUDIES ” MEANS THE EXAMINATIO N OF AMERICAN 3
5454 HISTORY AND CULTURE FROM MULTIPLE PERSPE CTIVES, INCLUDING THE 4
5555 PERSPECTIVES OF VARI OUS CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND ETHNIC GROUPS . 5
5656
5757 (4) (I) “ETHNIC GROUP ” MEANS A NONDOMINANT RACIAL OR 6
5858 ETHNIC GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES. 7
5959
6060 (II) “ETHNIC GROUP ” INCLUDES GROUPS OF I NDIVIDUALS WHO 8
6161 IDENTIFY AS INDIGENO US AND INDIVIDUALS O F AFRICAN, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLAND, 9
6262 HISPANIC, LATINO, OR MIDDLE EASTERN DESCENT . 10
6363
6464 (5) “SOCIAL GROUP ” INCLUDES WOMEN , INDIVIDUALS WITH 11
6565 DISABILITIES, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS 12
6666 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER , QUEER, QUESTIONING , INTERSEX, OR 13
6767 ASEXUAL. 14
6868
6969 (B) THERE IS AN AMERICAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL EQUITY STANDARDS 15
7070 ADVISORY BOARD IN THE DEPARTMENT . 16
7171
7272 (C) (1) THE ADVISORY BOARD CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS : 17
7373
7474 (I) THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, OR THE STATE 18
7575 SUPERINTENDENT ’S DESIGNEE; 19
7676
7777 (II) AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE 20
7878 ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH EXPERTIS E WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON 21
7979 RACIAL AND SOCIAL JU STICE ISSUES IN SCHO OLS, APPOINTED BY THE ATTORNEY 22
8080 GENERAL; 23
8181
8282 (III) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND STATE 24
8383 EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S DESIGNEE; 25
8484
8585 (IV) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND 26
8686 ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION, OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S 27
8787 DESIGNEE; 28
8888
8989 (V) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 29
9090 SUPERINTENDENTS ’ ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND, OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S 30
9191 DESIGNEE; 31
9292 SENATE BILL 888 3
9393
9494
9595 (VI) A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION 1
9696 OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WITH EXPER TISE IN THE DEVELOPM ENT OF 2
9797 SCHOOL CURRICULUM , APPOINTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 3
9898 ASSOCIATION; 4
9999
100100 (VII) A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION 5
101101 OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WITH EXPER TISE IN THE DEVELOPM ENT OF 6
102102 SCHOOL CURRICULUM , APPOINTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 7
103103 ASSOCIATION; AND 8
104104
105105 (VIII) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 9
106106 FOLLOWING MEMBERS AP POINTED BY THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH 10
107107 THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION: 11
108108
109109 1. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN 12
110110 COMMUNITY ; 13
111111
112112 2. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BLACK AND AFRICAN 14
113113 AMERICAN COMMUNITY ; 15
114114
115115 3. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HISPANIC AND 16
116116 LATINO COMMUNITY ; 17
117117
118118 4. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DISABILITY RIGHT S 18
119119 COMMUNITY ; 19
120120
121121 5. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LESBIAN , GAY, 20
122122 BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER , QUEER, QUESTIONING , INTERSEX, OR ASEXUAL 21
123123 COMMUNITY ; 22
124124
125125 6. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC 23
126126 ISLANDER COMMUNITY ; 24
127127
128128 7. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MIDDLE EASTERN 25
129129 COMMUNITY ; AND 26
130130
131131 8. A MARYLAND–BASED, COLLEGE–LEVEL FACULTY 27
132132 EXPERT IN AMERICAN STUDIES . 28
133133
134134 (2) THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND 29
135135 ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION, SHALL DEVELOP AN APP LICATION 30
136136 PROCESS FOR INDIVIDU ALS SEEKING APPOINTM ENT TO THE ADVISORY BOARD AS A 31
137137 REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ETHNIC OR SOCIAL GRO UP IDENTIFIED UNDER 32 4 SENATE BILL 888
138138
139139
140140 PARAGRAPH (1)(VIII) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 1
141141
142142 (3) AT LEAST 80% OF THE MEMBERS OF TH E ADVISORY BOARD 2
143143 IDENTIFIED UNDER PAR AGRAPH (1)(VIII) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL: 3
144144
145145 (I) TO THE EXTENT POSSIBL E, REFLECT THE GEOGRAPH IC 4
146146 DIVERSITY OF THE STATE; AND 5
147147
148148 (II) HAVE A BACKGROUND IN ADVOCACY FOR THE ETH NIC OR 6
149149 SOCIAL GROUP THE MEMBER REPR ESENTS. 7
150150
151151 (4) (I) A VACANCY ON THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL BE FILLED IN 8
152152 THE SAME MANNER THE VACATED MEMBER WAS A PPOINTED OR SELECTED . 9
153153
154154 (II) A MEMBER FILLING A VAC ANCY SHALL REPRESENT THE 10
155155 SAME ETHNIC GROUP OR SOCIAL GROUP THAT WA S REPRESENTED BY THE VACATE D 11
156156 MEMBER. 12
157157
158158 (D) (1) THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL SELECT A CHAIR FROM AMONG ITS 13
159159 MEMBERS. 14
160160
161161 (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROV IDE STAFF FOR THE ADVISORY 15
162162 BOARD. 16
163163
164164 (3) A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD: 17
165165
166166 (I) MAY NOT RECEIVE COMPE NSATION AS A MEMBE R OF THE 18
167167 ADVISORY BOARD; BUT 19
168168
169169 (II) IS ENTITLED TO REIMBU RSEMENT FOR EXPENSES UNDER 20
170170 THE STANDARD STATE TRAVEL REGULATIONS, AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE 21
171171 BUDGET. 22
172172
173173 (E) THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL: 23
174174
175175 (1) IDENTIFY EXISTING STATE ACADEMIC STANDA RDS IN UNITED 24
176176 STATES HISTORY THAT DO NOT INCORPORATE THE HIST ORY, CONTRIBUTIONS , AND 25
177177 PERSPECTIVES OF ETHN IC GROUPS AND SOCIAL GROUPS; 26
178178
179179 (2) DEVELOP AMERICAN STUDIES ACAD EMIC STANDARDS FOR 27
180180 STUDENTS AT EACH GRA DE LEVEL THAT: 28
181181
182182 (I) INCREASE ATTENTION TO THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUT IONS, 29 SENATE BILL 888 5
183183
184184
185185 AND PERSPECTIVES OF ETHNIC GROUPS AND SO CIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED 1
186186 STATES; 2
187187
188188 (II) PROMOTE CRITICAL THIN KING REGARDING THE H ISTORY, 3
189189 CONTRIBUTIONS , AND PERSPECTIVES OF ETHNIC GROUPS AND SO CIAL GROUPS IN 4
190190 THE UNITED STATES; 5
191191
192192 (III) INCREASE THE CULTUR AL COMPETENCY OF STU DENTS; 6
193193 AND 7
194194
195195 (IV) ELIMINATE PATHWAYS TO RACIAL BIAS IN CURRI CULUM; 8
196196
197197 (3) RECOMMEND CONTENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD S THAT 9
198198 ENABLE STUDENTS TO S AFELY EXPLORE QUESTI ONS OF IDENTITY, RACE, EQUALITY, 10
199199 AND RACISM IN AMERICAN STUDIES COUR SES; AND 11
200200
201201 (4) RECOMMEND BASIC CURRI CULUM AND EXTRACURRI CULAR 12
202202 PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE OFFERED IN SCHOOLS T HAT: 13
203203
204204 (I) ARE WELCOMING TO ALL STUDENTS; AND 14
205205
206206 (II) TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAR ENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT 15
207207 RELIGION OR CULTURE . 16
208208
209209 (F) (1) THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL POLI CY ON 17
210210 ETHNIC AND SOCIAL EQ UITY IN SCHOOLS. 18
211211
212212 (2) THE MODEL POLICY DEVE LOPED UNDER PARAGRAP H (1) OF THIS 19
213213 SUBSECTION SHALL INC LUDE MINIMUM STANDAR DS FOR A SCHOOL ENVI RONMENT 20
214214 THAT: 21
215215
216216 (I) PROMOTE AN OVERARCHIN G FOCUS AND PARTICIP ATION IN 22
217217 THE RACIALLY, CULTURALLY , AND SOCIALLY DIVERSE GLOBAL COMMUNITY ; 23
218218
219219 (II) ENSURE THAT EVERY STU DENT HAS A SAFE , SECURE, AND 24
220220 WELCOMING LEARNING A ND SOCIAL ENVIRONMEN T IN WHICH ACTS OF I MPLICIT OR 25
221221 EXPLICIT RACIAL, SEXUAL ORIENTATION , GENDER, CULTURAL, OR ABILITY BIAS ARE 26
222222 ACKNOWLEDGED AND ADD RESSED APPROPRIATELY ; 27
223223
224224 (III) CHALLENGE RACIST , SEXIST, GENDER, OR ABILITY 28
225225 ASSUMPTIONS , ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS WHEN T HEY OCCUR USING PRIN CIPLES 29
226226 AND PRACTICES OF RES TORATIVE JUSTICE MET HODS; 30
227227 6 SENATE BILL 888
228228
229229
230230 (IV) PROVIDE PARENTS WI TH A WELCOMING WAY T O RAISE 1
231231 CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR CHILD’S EXPERIENCES RELATI NG TO RACE OR SOCIAL 2
232232 IDENTITY AT SCHOOL ; 3
233233
234234 (V) ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOO L PERSONNEL ARE TRAI NED ON 4
235235 BEST PRACTICES FOR A DDRESSING RACIAL INC IDENTS; 5
236236
237237 (VI) PROHIBIT CONDUCT BASE D ON RACISM, SEXISM, ABLEISM, 6
238238 AND OTHER SOCIAL BIA SES, AND SPECIFY THE APPR OPRIATE MANNER TO AD DRESS 7
239239 ALLEGED MISCONDUCT , INCLUDING DISCIPLINA RY ACTION, IF APPROPRIATE ; AND 8
240240
241241 (VII) ESTABLISH DISCIPLINAR Y RESPONSES TO RACIA L 9
242242 INCIDENTS, INCLUDING INCREASED UTILIZATION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE 10
243243 PRACTICES, IF APPROPRIATE . 11
244244
245245 (3) (I) ON OR BEFORE APRIL 30, 2024, THE ADVISORY BOARD 12
246246 SHALL SUBMIT THE MOD EL POLICY TO THE STATE BOARD AND EACH COUNTY 13
247247 BOARD. 14
248248
249249 (II) BEFORE THE 2025–2026 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH COUNTY 15
250250 BOARD SHALL AD OPT A POLICY ON ETHN IC AND SOCIAL EQUITY IN SCHOOLS THAT 16
251251 TAKES INTO CONSIDERA TION THE POLICY ADOP TED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD. 17
252252
253253 (G) (1) ON OR BEFORE APRIL 30, 2024, THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL 18
254254 SUBMIT A REPORT TO T HE DEPARTMENT THAT INCLU DES: 19
255255
256256 (I) THE AMERICAN STUDIES ACAD EMIC STANDARDS 20
257257 RECOMMENDED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD; 21
258258
259259 (II) ANY ADDITIONAL AMERICAN STUDIES CONT ENT, BASIC 22
260260 CURRICULUM , AND EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS RECOMMENDED UNDER 23
261261 SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION; AND 24
262262
263263 (III) THE MODEL POLICY ON E THNIC AND SOCIAL EQUITY IN 25
264264 SCHOOLS. 26
265265
266266 (2) ON OR BEFORE MAY 31, 2025, THE STATE BOARD SHALL ADOPT 27
267267 AMERICAN STUDIES ACAD EMIC STANDARDS FOR E ACH GRADE LEVEL , TAKING INTO 28
268268 CONSIDERATION THE AMERICAN STUDIES ACAD EMIC STANDARDS RECOM MENDED 29
269269 BY THE ADVISORY BOARD UNDER SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION. 30
270270
271271 (3) BEFORE THE START OF T HE 2025–2026 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH 31
272272 COUNTY BOARD SHALL I MPLEMENT A CURRICULU M BASED ON THE AMERICAN 32 SENATE BILL 888 7
273273
274274
275275 STUDIES ACADEMIC STA NDARDS ADOPTED BY TH E STATE BOARD. 1
276276
277277 (H) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2025, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPO RT 2
278278 TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE 3
279279 GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, ON THE AMERICAN STUDIES ACAD EMIC STANDARDS 4
280280 ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD AND THE IMPLEME NTATION OF THE AMERICAN 5
281281 STUDIES ACADEMIC STA NDARDS AND THE ETHNIC AND SOCIAL EQ UITY POLICY 6
282282 ADOPTED BY COUNTY BO ARDS. 7
283283
284284 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 8
285285 1, 2022. It shall remain effective for a period of 4 years and, at the end of June 30, 2026, 9
286286 this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 10
287287 of no further force and effect. 11
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