Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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55 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 4
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88 By: Senator Carter
99 Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
1010 Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
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1212 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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1414 A Senate Joint Resolution concerning 1
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1616 Division of Children and Youth – Student Truancy From School – Unit, Policies, 2
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1919 FOR the purpose of encouraging the State Department of Education to add a section or unit 4
2020 dedicated to addressing student truancy from school to further the purposes and 5
2121 goals of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future; requiring the Division of Children and 6
2222 Youth in the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to 7
2323 develop certain strategies relating to student truancy from school; and generally 8
2424 relating to student truancy from school. 9
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2626 WHEREAS, The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future has laid out a comprehensive plan 10
2727 to improve education in the State; and 11
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2929 WHEREAS, It is crucial to address the issue of student truancy from school to ensure 12
3030 that all children have equal opportunities to access high quality education; and 13
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3232 WHEREAS, The Division of Children and Youth in the Governor’s Office of Crime 14
3333 Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services is a key unit in State government responsible for 15
3434 overseeing policies and programs that impact the well–being of Maryland’s children; now, 16
3535 therefore, be it 17
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3737 RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL A SSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That to further the 18
3838 purposes and goals of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a section or unit should be 19
3939 added to the State Department of Education dedicated to addressing student truancy from 20
4040 school; and be it further 21
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4242 RESOLVED, That the Division of Children and Youth in the Governor’s Office of 22
4343 Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services is directed to develop comprehensive 23
4444 strategies, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to effectively address student 24
4545 truancy from school in Maryland; and be it further 25
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4949 RESOLVED, That the strategies developed by the Division of Children and Youth 1
5050 shall encompass prevention, intervention, and support measures to ensure that every child 2
5151 has access to a quality education in the State; and be it further 3
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5353 RESOLVED, That the Division of Children and Youth shall submit a report, in 4
5454 accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly 5
5555 regarding the strategies developed to address student truancy from school and any 6
5656 proposed legislative changes, on or before January 1, 2026; and be it further 7
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5858 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of 8
5959 Legislative Services to Jennifer Krabill, Director of the Division of Children and Youth in 9
6060 the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; and be it further 10
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6262 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of 11
6363 Legislative Services to the Honorable Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland; the Honorable 12
6464 William C. Ferguson, IV, President of the Senate of Maryland; and the Honorable Adrienne 13
6565 A. Jones, Speaker of the House of Delegates. 14