Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB851 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.
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7	7	SENATE BILL 851
8	8	F1 4lr3150
9	9	CF HB 971
10	10	By: Senators Corderman and McKay
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
12	12	Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
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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	Public Schools – Interscholastic Athletics – Student Eligibility Waiver and 2
19	19	School Classification 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of authorizing a county board of education to waive a certain eligibility 4
22	22	requirement for participation in interscholastic athletics at a certain Maryland 5
23	23	Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association member school for students who 6
24	24	attend certain public high schools; requiring a county superintendent of schools to 7
25	25	report to the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association the school 8
26	26	enrollment of certain schools in a certain manner; and generally relating to 9
27	27	interscholastic athletics at public schools. 10
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29	29	BY adding to 11
30	30	Article – Education 12
31	31	Section 7–135 13
32	32	Annotated Code of Maryland 14
33	33	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 15
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35	35	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
36	36	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
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38	38	Article – Education 18
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40	40	7–135. 19
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42	42	(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 20
43	43	INDICATED. 21
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45	45	(2) “MEMBER SCHOOL ” MEANS A PUBLIC SCHOO L THAT IS A MEMBER 22
46	46	OF THE MARYLAND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. 23
47	47	2 SENATE BILL 851
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50	50	(3) “ZONED HIGH SCHOOL” MEANS THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL THAT 1
51	51	A STUDENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND UNDER THE REGULATION S OF THE 2
52	52	COUNTY BOARD . 3
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54	54	(B) FOR A STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN INTER SCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS AT 4
55	55	THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVE L UNDER COMAR 13A.06.03.02, A COUNTY BOARD MAY 5
56	56	WAIVE THE ELIGIBILIT Y REQUIREMENT THAT THE STUDENT BE ENROLLED AT AND 6
57	57	ATTEND A MEMBER SCHOOL IF: 7
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59	59	(1) THE STUDENT ATTENDS A PUBLIC SCH OOL IN THE COUNTY THAT 8
60	60	IS NOT THE STUDENT ’S ZONED HIGH SCHOOL ; 9
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62	62	(2) THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THE STUDENT ATTENDS UNDER ITEM (1) OF 10
63	63	THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT HAVE AN INT ERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETI CS PROGRAM ; 11
64	64	AND 12
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66	66	(3) THE STUDENT MEETS ALL OTHER ELIGIBILITY RE QUIREMENTS 13
67	67	ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY BOARD AND THE MARYLAND PUBLIC SECONDARY 14
68	68	SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. 15
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70	70	(C) A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES AN ELIGIBILITY WAIVER UNDER 16
71	71	SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION MAY ONLY PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC 17
72	72	ATHLETICS AT THEIR Z ONED HIGH SCHOOL . 18
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74	74	(D) FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBER 19
75	75	SCHOOLS FOR ATHLETIC CONTE STS UNDER COMAR 13A.06.03.06, THE COUNTY 20
76	76	SUPERINTENDENT SHALL REPORT TO THE MARYLAND PUBLIC SECONDARY 21
77	77	SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AS THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT OF THE MEMBER 22
78	78	SCHOOL: 23
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80	80	(1) THE ACTUAL SCHOOL ENR OLLMENT OF THE MEMBER SCHOOL IN 24
81	81	GRADES 9, 10, AND 11 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30 OF EACH EVEN–NUMBERED YEAR; PLUS 25
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83	83	(2) THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS AUTHORIZED TO 26
84	84	PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHL ETICS AT THE MEMBER SCHOOL UNDER 27
85	85	SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. 28
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87	87	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 29
88	88	1, 2024. 30