Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1247 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb1247
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1247
8	8	F5, F1 3lr2965
9	9	HB 652/22 – W&M CF SB 121
10	10	By: Delegate Guyton
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 15, 2023
12	12	Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2023 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of 3
21	21	certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing 4
22	22	postsecondary education and provide a method for certain individuals to authorize 5
23	23	the release of certain student information to certain apprenticeship sponsors and 6
24	24	employers; requiring each public high school to inform students of certain 7
25	25	employment and skills training opportunities in a certain manner; requiring a 8
26	26	county board to pay for a student to take an apprenticeship entrance exam or 9
27	27	industrial certification exam under certain circumstances; and generally relating to 10
28	28	career education and apprenticeships. 11
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30	30	BY adding to 12
31	31	Article – Education 13
32	32	Section 4–142 14
33	33	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
34	34	(2022 Replacement Volume) 16
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36	36	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 17
37	37	Article – Education 18
38	38	Section 7–203.1 19
39	39	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
40	40	(2022 Replacement Volume) 21
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42	42	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
43	43	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
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45	45	Article – Education 24
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47	47	4–142. 25 2 HOUSE BILL 1247
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51	51	(A) IN THIS SECTION , “PLATFORM” MEANS A COLLEGE AND CAREER 1
52	52	READINESS SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT HELPS S CHOOL SYSTEMS AND SC HOOLS 2
53	53	ALIGN STUDENT STRENG THS AND INTERESTS TO POSTSECONDARY GOALS AND 3
54	54	CAREERS. 4
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56	56	(B) A COUNTY BOARD THAT US ES A PLATFORM SHALL : 5
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58	58	(1) CONSIDER THE PURSUIT OF A VOCATIONAL CERT IFICATE, AN 6
59	59	INDUSTRY CERTIFICATI ON, OR AN APPRENTICESHIP PR OGRAM AS THE EQUIVAL ENT 7
60	60	OF PURSUING POSTSECO NDARY EDUCATION ; AND 8
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62	62	(2) PROVIDE IN THE PLATFO RM A METHOD FOR A ST UDENT OR A 9
63	63	STUDENT’S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO CHOOSE TO AUTHORI ZE THE RELEASE OF TH E 10
64	64	STUDENT’S PERSONAL INFORMATI ON AND PLATFO RM RESULTS TO : 11
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66	66	(I) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE 12
67	67	DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 13
68	68	OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; AND 14
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70	70	(II) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND 15
71	71	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEN T BOARDS. 16
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73	73	(C) EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCHO OL SHALL, IN THE SAME MANNER I N WHICH 17
74	74	THE SCHOOL INFORMS S TUDENTS OF POSTSECON DARY EDUCATIONAL OPT IONS, 18
75	75	INFORM STUDENTS OF E MPLOYMENT AND SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITI ES 19
76	76	AVAILABLE THROUGH : 20
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78	78	(1) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSORS R EGISTERED WITH THE DIVISION 21
79	79	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 OF THE 22
80	80	LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; AND 23
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82	82	(2) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT 24
83	83	OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 25
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85	85	7–203.1. 26
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87	87	(a) (1) [For fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the Department shall distribute grants 27
88	88	to Tier I counties, as defined in § 1–101 of the Economic Development Article, for the 28
89	89	administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 29
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91	91	(2)] For fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Department 30
92	92	shall distribute grants to each county for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic 31
93	93	Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 32
94	94	HOUSE BILL 1247 3
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97	97	[(b)] (2) Subject to the availability of funding in the State budget, the amount of 1
98	98	each county’s grant shall be in an amount sufficient for the administration of the test to all 2
99	99	10th grade students in the county. 3
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101	101	(B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION TH E FOLLOWING WORDS HA VE THE 4
102	102	MEANINGS INDICATED . 5
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104	104	(II) “APPRENTICESHIP ENTRAN CE EXAM ” MEANS THE 6
105	105	TRADE–SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT USED TO EVALUATE A S TUDENT’S BASIC APTITUDE 7
106	106	BEFORE THE STUDENT B EGINS THE PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINI NG PHASE 8
107	107	OF AN APPRENTICESHIP . 9
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109	109	(III) “INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICAT ION EXAM ” MEANS THE 10
110	110	INDUSTRY–RECOGNIZED ASSESSMEN T THAT DOCUMENTS A S TUDENT’S 11
111	111	PERFORMANCE AND ACHI EVEMENT OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND RESULT S IN THE 12
112	112	RECEIPT OF A CERTIFI CATE, A LICENSE, OR ANY OTHER CREDENT IAL. 13
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114	114	(2) IF A COUNTY BOARD PAY S FOR ANY STUDENT TO TAKE AN 14
115	115	ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION , A PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE 15
116	116	TEST/NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST, OR A SCHOLASTIC 16
117	117	APTITUDE TEST, THE COUNTY BOARD SHA LL PAY FOR A STUDENT TO TAKE AN 17
118	118	APPRENTICESHIP ENTRA NCE EXAM OR INDUSTRI AL CERTIFICATION EXA M. 18
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120	120	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19
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