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| 2 | 2 | | |
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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0987* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 987 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 2lr3281 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 1122 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Hershey |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 19, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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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 | | Public Schools – Home School Students – Extracurricular Activities 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (Right to Play Act of 2022) 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring each public school to allow students in home instruction 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | programs to participate in extracurricular activities sponsored by the school if the 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | student meets certain criteria; and generally relating to allowing students in home 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | instruction programs to participate in extracurricular activities sponsored by public 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | schools. 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 7–129 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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| 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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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7–129. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “EXTRACURRICULAR ACTI VITY” INCLUDES 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHL ETICS, MUSIC, DRAMA PROGRAMS , STUDENT 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ORGANIZATIONS , AND OTHER PROGRAMS S PONSORED BY A SCHOOL : 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) IN WHICH A STUDENT MA Y PARTICIPATE OUTSID E REGULAR 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SCHOOL HOURS ; AND 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) FOR WHICH A STUDENT D OES NOT EARN ACADEMI C CREDIT. 23 2 SENATE BILL 987 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SH ALL ALLOW A STUDENT WHO IS NOT 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ENROLLED IN THE SCHO OL TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR A CTIVITY 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SPONSORED BY THE SCH OOL TO THE SAME EXTE NT THAT A STUDENT WH O IS 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ENROLLED IN THE SCHO OL MAY PARTICIPATE I N THE EXTRACURRI CULAR ACTIVITY 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | IF THE STUDENT WHO I S NOT ENROLLED : 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) PARTICIPATES IN A HOM E INSTRUCTION PROGRA M UNDER 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | WRITTEN AGREEMENT WI TH THE COUNTY SUPERI NTENDENT; 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) IS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ; AND 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) MEETS AND COMPLIES WI TH THE PUBLIC SCHO OL’S 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | REQUIREMENTS FOR PAR TICIPATING IN THE EX TRACURRICULAR ACTIVI TY. 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1, 2022. 12 |
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