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Maryland House Bill HB1127 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		-	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		hb1127
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10	7		HOUSE BILL 1127
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13	10		By: Delegates Toles, Boafo, Boyce, Fennell, Harris, Holmes, D. Jones, Lehman,
14		-	Pena–Melnyk, Taveras, Wells, and Wilkins Wilkins, Buckel, Ebersole, Fair,
15		-	Griffith, Hornberger, Miller, Mireku–North, Patterson, Roberson, Roberts,
16		-	Wims, and Wu
	11	+	Pena–Melnyk, Taveras, Wells, and Wilkins
17	12		Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025
18	13		Assigned to: Ways and Means
19		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
20		-	House action: Adopted
21		-	Read second time: March 4, 2025
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23		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	15	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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25	17		AN ACT concerning 1
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27	19		Public Schools – Water Safety and Swimming – Instructional Content, Plan, and 2
28	20		Reporting 3
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30	22		FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to develop certain 4
31	23		instructional content on water safety and swimming for public school students in the 5
32	24		county; requiring each county board to develop a certain plan regarding access to 6
33		-	swimming pools and related facilities for a certain purpose; requiring that the 7
34		-	instructional content be offered to students in certain grade bands; and generally 8
35		-	relating to water safety and swimming and county boards of education instruction. 9
	25	+	swimming pools and related facilities for a certain purpose; and generally relating to 7
	26	+	water safety and swimming and county boards of education. 8
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37		-	BY adding to 10
38		-	Article – Education 11
39		-	Section 7–452 12
40		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
41		-	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
	28	+	BY adding to 9
	29	+	Article – Education 10
	30	+	Section 7–452 11
	31	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 12
	32	+	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13
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43		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
44		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
	34	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
	35	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
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46		-	Article – Education 17
	37	+	Article – Education 16
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48		-	7–452. 18 2 HOUSE BILL 1127
	39	+	7–452. 17
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	41	+	(A) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, EACH COUNTY BOARD SH ALL DEVELOP 18
	42	+	INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEN T ON WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING THAT IS: 19
	43	+
	44	+	(1) INTEGRATED INTO THE H EALTH AND PHYSICAL E DUCATION 20
	45	+	CURRICULUM FOR EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY; AND 21
	46	+	2 HOUSE BILL 1127
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	48	+
	49	+	(2) AGE–APPROPRIATE FOR STUD ENTS IN ELEMENTARY , MIDDLE, 1
	50	+	AND HIGH SCHOOL . 2
	51	+
	52	+	(B) THE INSTRUCTIONAL CON TENT DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF 3
	53	+	THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DI SABILITIES, 4
	54	+	IF PRACTICABLE . 5
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	56	+	(C) BEGINNING IN THE 2026–2027 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH COUNTY BOARD 6
	57	+	SHALL IMPLEMENT THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEN T DEVELOPED UNDER 7
	58	+	SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 8
	59	+
	60	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 9
	61	+
	62	+	(a) (1) On or before December 1, 2025, each county board of education shall 10
	63	+	develop a plan to ensure public school students in the county have access to swimming pools 11
	64	+	for swimming and taking swimming and water safety courses. 12
	65	+
	66	+	(2) The plan required under this subsection shall: 13
	67	+
	68	+	(i) identify strategies to maximize public and private resources to 14
	69	+	provide access to swimming pools and related facilities for public school students; 15
	70	+
	71	+	(ii) identify public and private entities in the local community that 16
	72	+	could partner with schools to offer access to swimming pools and related facilities to public 17
	73	+	school students during school operating hours; 18
	74	+
	75	+	(iii) identify methods to increase public school student access to 19
	76	+	swimming pools and related facilities, including costs and transportation, while keeping 20
	77	+	costs low; and 21
	78	+
	79	+	(iv) recommend any necessary changes to policy or law to implement 22
	80	+	the plan required under paragraph (1) of this subsection and the requirements of § 7–452 23
	81	+	of the Education Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act. 24
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	83	+	(b) On or before December 15, 2025, each county board shall submit a copy of the 25
	84	+	plan developed under subsection (a) of this section to the State Department of Education. 26
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	86	+	(c) On or before January 1, 2026, the State Department of Education shall 27
	87	+	compile the reports submitted under subsection (b) of this section and submit a report that 28
	88	+	includes all the county boards’ plans to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 29
	89	+	2–1257 of the State Government Article. 30
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	91	+	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 31
	92	+	1, 2025. Section 2 of this Act shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and, at the end of 32
	93	+	June 30, 2026, Section 2 of this Act, with no further action required by the General 33
	94	+	Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 34 HOUSE BILL 1127 3
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52		-	(A) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, EACH COUNTY BOARD SH ALL DEVELOP 1
53		-	INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEN T ON WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING THAT IS: 2
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55		-	(1) INTEGRATED INTO THE H EALTH AND OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3
56		-	CURRICULUM FOR EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY; AND 4
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58		-	(2) AGE–APPROPRIATE FOR STUD ENTS IN ELEMENTARY , MIDDLE, 5
59		-	AND HIGH SCHOOL . 6
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61		-	(B) THE INSTRUCTIONAL CON TENT DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF 7
62		-	THIS SECTION SHALL I NCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DI SABILITIES, 8
63		-	IF PRACTICABLE . 9
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65		-	(C) BEGINNING IN THE 2026–2027 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH COUNTY BOARD 10
66		-	SHALL IMPLEMENT THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEN T DEVELOPED UNDER 11
67		-	SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION BY OFFERING THE INST RUCTIONAL CONTENT AS 12
68		-	PART OF THE HEALTH O R PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AT LEAST ONCE IN 13
69		-	ELEMENTARY , MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL . 14
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71		-	(D) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REQU IRE A COUNTY BO ARD 15
72		-	TO PROVIDE IN–WATER TRAINING AT A SWIMMING POOL . 16
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74		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 17
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76		-	(a) (1) On or before December 1, 2025, each county board of education shall 18
77		-	develop a plan to ensure public school students in the county have access to swimming pools 19
78		-	for swimming and taking swimming and water safety courses. 20
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80		-	(2) The plan required under this subsection shall: 21
81		-
82		-	(i) identify strategies to maximize public and private resources to 22
83		-	provide access to swimming pools and related facilities for public school students; 23
84		-
85		-	(ii) identify public and private entities in the local community that 24
86		-	could partner with schools to offer access to swimming pools and related facilities to public 25
87		-	school students during school operating hours; 26
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89		-	(iii) identify methods to increase public school student access to 27
90		-	swimming pools and related facilities, including costs and transportation, while keeping 28
91		-	costs low; and 29
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93		-	(iv) recommend any necessary changes to policy or law to implement 30
94		-	the plan required under paragraph (1) of this subsection and the requirements of § 7–452 31
95		-	of the Education Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act. 32 HOUSE BILL 1127 3
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99		-	(b) On or before December 15, 2025, each county board shall submit a copy of the 1
100		-	plan developed under subsection (a) of this section to the State Department of Education. 2
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102		-	(c) On or before January 1, 2026, the State Department of Education shall 3
103		-	compile the reports submitted under subsection (b) of this section and submit a report that 4
104		-	includes all the county boards’ plans to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 5
105		-	2–1257 of the State Government Article. 6
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107		-	SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7
108		-	July 1, 2025. Section 2 of this Act shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and, at the 8
109		-	end of June 30, 2026, Section 2 of this Act, with no further action required by the General 9
110		-	Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 10
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114		-	Approved:
115		-	________________________________________________________________________________
116		-	Governor.
117		-	________________________________________________________________________________
118		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
119		-	________________________________________________________________________________
120		-	President of the Senate.