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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 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0837* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 837 | |
| 11 | 8 | F5, F1 4lr1596 | |
| 12 | 9 | HB 1247/23 – HRU CF SB 33 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegates Wu, Arentz, Buckel, Crutchfield, Hartman, Hill, Hutchinson, | |
| 14 | - | Kaufman, and Pasteur Pasteur, Attar, Atterbeary, Ebersole, Fair, | |
| 15 | - | Feldmark, Griffith, Grossman, Henson, R. Long, Miller, Mireku–North, | |
| 16 | - | Palakovich Carr, Patterson, Roberts, Vogel, Wells, Wilkins, Wims, and | |
| 17 | - | Young | |
| 11 | + | Kaufman, and Pasteur | |
| 18 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2024 | |
| 19 | 13 | Assigned to: Ways and Means | |
| 20 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 21 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 22 | - | Read second time: March 23, 2024 | |
| 23 | 14 | ||
| 24 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 25 | 16 | ||
| 26 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 27 | 18 | ||
| 28 | 19 | More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024 2 | |
| 29 | 20 | ||
| 30 | 21 | FOR the purpose of requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of 3 | |
| 31 | 22 | certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing 4 | |
| 32 | 23 | postsecondary education and provide a method for certain individuals to authorize 5 | |
| 33 | 24 | the release of certain student information to certain apprenticeship sponsors and 6 | |
| 34 | 25 | employers; requiring each public high school to inform students of certain 7 | |
| 35 | 26 | employment and skills training opportunities in a certain manner; requiring a 8 | |
| 36 | 27 | county board to pay for a student to take an apprenticeship entrance exam or 9 | |
| 37 | - | industrial certification exam under certain circumstances assist public high schools 10 | |
| 38 | - | in a certain task; and generally relating to career education and apprenticeships 11 | |
| 39 | - | opportunities. 12 | |
| 28 | + | industrial certification exam under certain circumstances; and generally relating to 10 | |
| 29 | + | career education and apprenticeships. 11 | |
| 40 | 30 | ||
| 41 | - | BY adding to | |
| 42 | - | Article – Education | |
| 43 | - | Section 4–142 | |
| 44 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 45 | - | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) | |
| 31 | + | BY adding to 12 | |
| 32 | + | Article – Education 13 | |
| 33 | + | Section 4–142 14 | |
| 34 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 | |
| 35 | + | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16 | |
| 46 | 36 | ||
| 47 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18 | |
| 48 | - | Article – Education 19 2 HOUSE BILL 837 | |
| 37 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 17 | |
| 38 | + | Article – Education 18 | |
| 39 | + | Section 7–203.1 19 | |
| 40 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 20 | |
| 41 | + | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 21 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22 | |
| 44 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | Article – Education 24 | |
| 47 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 837 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | - | Section 7–203.1 1 | |
| 52 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 2 | |
| 53 | - | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 3 | |
| 50 | + | 4–142. 1 | |
| 54 | 51 | ||
| 55 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 4 | |
| 56 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 5 | |
| 52 | + | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “PLATFORM” MEANS A COLLEGE AND CAREER 2 | |
| 53 | + | READINESS SOFTWARE P ROGRAM THAT HELPS SC HOOL SYSTEMS AND SCH OOLS 3 | |
| 54 | + | ALIGN STUDENT STRENG THS AND INTERESTS TO POSTSECONDARY GOALS AND 4 | |
| 55 | + | CAREERS. 5 | |
| 57 | 56 | ||
| 58 | - | ||
| 57 | + | (B) A COUNTY BOARD THAT US ES A PLATFORM SHALL : 6 | |
| 59 | 58 | ||
| 60 | - | 4–142. 7 | |
| 59 | + | (1) CONSIDER THE PURSUIT OF A VOCATIONAL CERT IFICATE, AN 7 | |
| 60 | + | INDUSTRY CERTIFICATI ON, OR AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AS THE EQUIV ALENT 8 | |
| 61 | + | OF PURSUING POSTSECO NDARY EDUCATION ; AND 9 | |
| 61 | 62 | ||
| 62 | - | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “PLATFORM” MEANS A COLLEGE AND CAREER 8 | |
| 63 | - | READINESS SOFTWARE P ROGRAM THAT HELPS SC HOOL SYSTEMS AND SCH OOLS 9 | |
| 64 | - | ALIGN STUDENT STRENGTHS AND INTERE STS TO POSTSECONDARY GOALS AND 10 | |
| 65 | - | CAREERS. 11 | |
| 63 | + | (2) PROVIDE IN THE PLATFO RM A METHOD FOR A ST UDENT OR A 10 | |
| 64 | + | STUDENT’S PARENT OR GUARDIAN T O CHOOSE TO AUTHORIZ E THE RELEASE OF THE 11 | |
| 65 | + | STUDENT’S PERSONAL INFORMATI ON AND PLATFORM RESU LTS TO: 12 | |
| 66 | 66 | ||
| 67 | - | (B) A COUNTY BOARD THAT US ES A PLATFORM SHALL : 12 | |
| 67 | + | (I) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE 13 | |
| 68 | + | DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 14 | |
| 69 | + | OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; AND 15 | |
| 68 | 70 | ||
| 69 | - | (1) CONSIDER THE PURSUIT OF A VOCATIONAL CERT IFICATE, AN 13 | |
| 70 | - | INDUSTRY CERTIFICATI ON, OR AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AS THE EQUIV ALENT 14 | |
| 71 | - | OF PURSUING POS TSECONDARY EDUCATION ; AND 15 | |
| 71 | + | (II) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND 16 | |
| 72 | + | DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 17 | |
| 72 | 73 | ||
| 73 | - | (2) PROVIDE IN THE PLATFO RM A METHOD FOR A ST UDENT OR A 16 | |
| 74 | - | STUDENT’S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO CHOOSE TO AUTHORI ZE THE RELEASE OF TH E 17 | |
| 75 | - | STUDENT’S PERSONAL INFORMATI ON AND PLATFORM RESU LTS TO: 18 | |
| 74 | + | (C) EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCHO OL SHALL, IN THE SAME MANNER I N WHICH 18 | |
| 75 | + | THE SCHOOL INFORMS S TUDENTS OF POSTSECON DARY EDUCATIONAL OPT IONS, 19 | |
| 76 | + | INFORM STUDENTS OF E MPLOYMENT AND SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITI ES 20 | |
| 77 | + | AVAILABLE THROUGH : 21 | |
| 76 | 78 | ||
| 77 | - | ( | |
| 78 | - | ||
| 79 | - | ||
| 79 | + | (1) APPRENTICESHIP SPONSO RS REGISTERED WITH T HE DIVISION 22 | |
| 80 | + | OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING UNDER § 11–405 OF THE 23 | |
| 81 | + | LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE; AND 24 | |
| 80 | 82 | ||
| 81 | - | ( | |
| 82 | - | ||
| 83 | + | (2) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT 25 | |
| 84 | + | OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS. 26 | |
| 83 | 85 | ||
| 84 | - | (C) EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCHO OL SHALL, IN THE SAME MANNER I N WHICH 24 | |
| 85 | - | THE SCHOOL INFORMS S TUDENTS OF POSTSECON DARY EDUCATIONAL OPT IONS, 25 | |
| 86 | - | INFORM STUDENTS OF E MPLOYMENT AND SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITI ES 26 | |
| 87 | - | AVAILABLE THROUGH : 27 | |
| 86 | + | 7–203.1. 27 | |
| 88 | 87 | ||
| 89 | - | (1) | |
| 90 | - | ||
| 91 | - | ||
| 88 | + | (a) (1) [For fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the Department shall distribute grants 28 | |
| 89 | + | to Tier I counties, as defined in § 1–101 of the Economic Development Article, for the 29 | |
| 90 | + | administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 30 | |
| 92 | 91 | ||
| 93 | - | (2) EMPLOYERS REGISTERED WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT 31 | |
| 94 | - | OF LABOR OR LOCAL WORKFO RCE DEVELOPMENT BOAR DS; AND 32 | |
| 95 | - | HOUSE BILL 837 3 | |
| 96 | - | ||
| 97 | - | ||
| 98 | - | (3) SCHOOLS LICENSED BY T HE MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION 1 | |
| 99 | - | COMMISSION THAT PROVI DE TRAINING , RETRAINING, OR ENHANCEMENT IN 2 | |
| 100 | - | EMPLOYMENT SKILLS . 3 | |
| 101 | - | ||
| 102 | - | (B) WHEN INFORMING STUDEN TS ABOUT OPPORTUNITI ES UNDER THIS 4 | |
| 103 | - | SECTION, EACH PUBLIC HIGH SCH OOL SHALL HIGHLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES IN 5 | |
| 104 | - | HIGH–SKILLED CAREERS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE COMP LETION OF A COLLEGE 6 | |
| 105 | - | DEGREE AND ARE IN HI GH DEMAND IN THE STATE. 7 | |
| 106 | - | ||
| 107 | - | (C) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHA LL ASSIST PUBLIC HIG H SCHOOLS IN 8 | |
| 108 | - | COMPLETING THE REQUI REMENTS OF THIS SECT ION. 9 | |
| 109 | - | ||
| 110 | - | 7–203.1. 10 | |
| 111 | - | ||
| 112 | - | (a) (1) [For fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the Department shall distribute grants 11 | |
| 113 | - | to Tier I counties, as defined in § 1–101 of the Economic Development Article, for the 12 | |
| 114 | - | administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 13 | |
| 115 | - | ||
| 116 | - | (2)] For fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Department 14 | |
| 117 | - | shall distribute grants to each county for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic 15 | |
| 118 | - | Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 16 | |
| 119 | - | ||
| 120 | - | [(b)] (2) Subject to the availability of funding in the State budget, the amount of 17 | |
| 121 | - | each county’s grant shall be in an amount sufficient for the administration of the test to all 18 | |
| 122 | - | 10th grade students in the county. 19 | |
| 123 | - | ||
| 124 | - | (B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION TH E FOLLOWING WORDS HA VE THE 20 | |
| 125 | - | MEANINGS INDICATED . 21 | |
| 126 | - | ||
| 127 | - | (II) “APPRENTICESHIP ENTRAN CE EXAM ” MEANS THE 22 | |
| 128 | - | TRADE–SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT USED TO EVALUATE A STUDENT ’S BASIC APTITUDE 23 | |
| 129 | - | BEFORE THE STUDENT B EGINS THE PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINI NG PHASE 24 | |
| 130 | - | OF AN APPRENTICESHIP . 25 | |
| 131 | - | ||
| 132 | - | (III) “INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICAT ION EXAM ” MEANS THE 26 | |
| 133 | - | INDUSTRY–RECOGNIZED ASSESSMEN T THAT DOCUMENTS A S TUDENT’S 27 | |
| 134 | - | PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF INDUS TRY STANDARDS AND RE SULTS IN THE 28 | |
| 135 | - | RECEIPT OF A CERTIFI CATE, A LICENSE, OR ANY OTHER CREDENT IAL. 29 | |
| 136 | - | ||
| 137 | - | (2) IF A COUNTY BOARD PAY S FOR ANY STUDENT TO TAKE AN 30 | |
| 138 | - | ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION , A PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE 31 | |
| 139 | - | TEST/NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST, OR A SCHOLASTIC 32 | |
| 140 | - | APTITUDE TEST, THE COUNTY BOARD SHA LL PAY FOR A STUDENT TO TAKE AN 33 | |
| 141 | - | APPRENTICESHIP ENTRA NCE EXAM OR INDUSTRI AL CERTIFICATION EXA M. 34 | |
| 142 | - | 4 HOUSE BILL 837 | |
| 143 | - | ||
| 144 | - | ||
| 145 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1 | |
| 146 | - | 1, 2024. 2 | |
| 92 | + | (2)] For fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Department 31 | |
| 93 | + | shall distribute grants to each county for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic 32 | |
| 94 | + | Aptitude Test to 10th grade students. 33 HOUSE BILL 837 3 | |
| 147 | 95 | ||
| 148 | 96 | ||
| 149 | 97 | ||
| 98 | + | [(b)] (2) Subject to the availability of funding in the State budget, the amount of 1 | |
| 99 | + | each county’s grant shall be in an amount sufficient for the administration of the test to all 2 | |
| 100 | + | 10th grade students in the county. 3 | |
| 150 | 101 | ||
| 151 | - | Approved: | |
| 152 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 153 | - | Governor. | |
| 154 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 155 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 156 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 157 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 102 | + | (B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION TH E FOLLOWING WORDS HA VE THE 4 | |
| 103 | + | MEANINGS INDICATED . 5 | |
| 104 | + | ||
| 105 | + | (II) “APPRENTICESHIP ENTRAN CE EXAM ” MEANS THE 6 | |
| 106 | + | TRADE–SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT USED TO EVALUATE A S TUDENT’S BASIC APTITUDE 7 | |
| 107 | + | BEFORE THE STUDENT B EGINS THE PRACTICAL AND TECHNI CAL TRAINING PHASE 8 | |
| 108 | + | OF AN APPRENTICESHIP . 9 | |
| 109 | + | ||
| 110 | + | (III) “INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICAT ION EXAM ” MEANS THE 10 | |
| 111 | + | INDUSTRY–RECOGNIZED ASSESSMEN T THAT DOCUMENTS A S TUDENT’S 11 | |
| 112 | + | PERFORMANCE AND ACHI EVEMENT OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND RESULT S IN THE 12 | |
| 113 | + | RECEIPT OF A CER TIFICATE, A LICENSE, OR ANY OTHER CREDENT IAL. 13 | |
| 114 | + | ||
| 115 | + | (2) IF A COUNTY BOARD PAY S FOR ANY STUDENT TO TAKE AN 14 | |
| 116 | + | ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION , A PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE 15 | |
| 117 | + | TEST/NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST, OR A SCHOLASTIC 16 | |
| 118 | + | APTITUDE TEST, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL PAY FOR A STUDENT TO TAK E AN 17 | |
| 119 | + | APPRENTICESHIP ENTRA NCE EXAM OR INDUSTRI AL CERTIFICATION EXA M. 18 | |
| 120 | + | ||
| 121 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19 | |
| 122 | + | 1, 2024. 20 |