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HOUSE BILL 1132
F1 5lr2630
CF SB 783
By: Delegates Tomlinson, Acevero, Alston, Arentz, Bouchat, Ciliberti,
Fraser–Hidalgo, Miller, T. Morgan, Rose, Simmons, Spiegel, and Taveras
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Schools – Student Fights – School Investigation and Discipline 2
FOR the purpose of requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each 3
student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a 4
student under certain circumstances; requiring a principal or school administration 5
to expunge certain documentation from a student’s disciplinary record under certain 6
circumstances; and generally relating to an investigation and discipline after a 7
student fight. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 7–311 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Education 16
7–311. 17
(A) A PRINCIPAL OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SHALL INVESTIGATE EACH 18
STUDENT FIGHT OR PHY SICAL STRUGGLE. 19
(B) (1) A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAY NOT DISCIPLINE A STU DENT WHO, 20
AFTER THE INVESTIGAT ION REQUIRED UNDER S UBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , 21
MORE LIKELY THAN NOT USED REASONABLE FORC E NECESSARY TO PROTE CT THE 22
STUDENT OR TO ESCAPE THE ATTACK. 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1132
(2) IF A STUDENT WAS DISCIPLINED DURING T HE COURSE OF THE 1
INVESTIGATION BUT WA S LATER DETERMINED TO HAVE USED REASONABLE FORCE 2
JUSTIFIED UNDER PARA GRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE PRINCIPAL OR 3
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SHALL EXPUNGE ANY DOCUMENTATION OF THE 4
DISCIPLINE FROM THE STUDENT’S DISCIPLINARY RECORD. 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 6
1, 2025. 7