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HOUSE BILL 1316
F1 5lr1122
CF SB 897
By: Delegates Wolek, Korman, Mireku –North, and Solomon
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Primary and Secondary Education – Student Technology and Social Media 2
Resource Guide 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the National Center for School Mental Health at the 4
University of Maryland School of Medicine, in consultation with the State 5
Department of Education, to develop and publish a student technology and social 6
media resource guide for public school students in a certain manner; requiring the 7
guide to be distributed for certain school years in a certain manner and updated each 8
year; and generally relating to a student technology and social media resource guide 9
for public school students. 10
BY adding to 11
Article – Education 12
Section 7–2201 through 7–2205 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 22. Student 13
Technology and Social Media Resource Guide” 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Education 19
SUBTITLE 22. STUDENT TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCE GUIDE. 20
7–2201. 21
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE T HE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 22
INDICATED. 23
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(B) “CENTER” MEANS THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL MENTAL 1
HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 2
(C) “GUIDE” MEANS THE STUDENT TE CHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA 3
RESOURCE GUIDE . 4
7–2202. 5
(A) (1) BEGINNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , THE NATIONAL 6
CENTER FOR SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 7
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT , SHALL 8
DEVELOP AND PUBLISH A STUDENT TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIA L MEDIA RESOURCE 9
GUIDE THAT MEETS THE REQUI REMENTS UNDER SUBSEC TION (C) OF THIS SECTION 10
AND § 7–2203 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 11
(2) FOR THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , THE GUIDE SHALL COVE R 12
COMMONLY USED TECHNO LOGY PRODUCTS FOR PE RSONAL USE BY CHILDR EN. 13
(3) FOR THE 2028–2029 SCHOOL YEAR, THE GUIDE SHALL COVE R THE 14
INFORMATION UNDER PA RAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION A ND COMMONLY USED 15
TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS USED IN EDU CATION DELIVERY TO C HILDREN. 16
(4) FOR THE 2029–2030 SCHOOL YEAR , THE GUIDE SHALL BE 17
PUBLISHED INTO A MUL TIMEDIA PRODUCT COVE RING THE INFORMATION UNDER 18
PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 19
(B) ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2026, THE CENTER SHALL COMPLETE A 20
NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY: 21
(1) EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL RES OURCES TO ASSIST IN 22
DEVELOPING THE GUIDE ; 23
(2) EXISTING EFFORTS TO E DUCATE FAMILIES ON T HE IMPACT OF 24
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIA L MEDIA ON THE MENTA L HEALTH OF YOUTH I N THE 25
STATE; AND 26
(3) GAPS IN THE EXISTING RESOURCES AND EDUCAT ION EFFORTS. 27
(C) THE GUIDE DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION S HALL INCLUDE: 28
(1) AGE–APPROPRIATE INFORMAT ION AND BEST PRACTIC ES THAT: 29
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(I) ENCOURAG E STUDENTS AND CAREGIV ERS TO UNDERSTAND 1
HOW TECHNOLOGY AND S OCIAL MEDIA CAN BE U SED AND MISUSED BY D EVELOPERS 2
AND USERS; AND 3
(II) PROMOTE INFORMED DECI SION MAKING WHEN USING 4
TECHNOLOGY , SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE INTERNET; 5
(2) INFORMATION AND GUIDA NCE ON SAFE INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY , 6
AND SOCIAL MEDIA USA GE BY STUDENTS IN PR EKINDERGARTEN THROUG H GRADE 7
12, INCLUDING: 8
(I) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM S; 9
(II) ONLINE GAMES; 10
(III) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGEN CE PRODUCTS ; 11
(IV) NON–ALGORITHM –DRIVEN VIRTUAL COMMU NICATION 12
PLATFORMS ; 13
(V) E–COMMERCE PLATFORMS ; 14
(VI) SMART PHONES ; 15
(VII) LAPTOPS; AND 16
(VIII) ANY OTHER PRODUCT , SERVICE, OR DEVICE AN INDIVIDUAL 17
CAN USE TO COMMUNICA TE WITH OTHER INDIVI DUALS THROUGH THE INTERNET; 18
AND 19
(3) IF THE CENTER FINDS A GAP IN AVAILABLE INFORMATIO N 20
RELATING TO A SPECIF IC CATEGORY OF TECHN OLOGY OR SOCIAL MEDI A, A 21
REFERENCE TO THE LAC K OF AVAILABLE INFOR MATION. 22
(D) THE GUIDE MAY INCLUDE OTHER STATE, FEDERAL, NONPROFIT, OR 23
PUBLIC RESOURCES. 24
7–2203. 25
(A) THE GUIDE DEVELOPED U NDER § 7–2202 OF THIS SUBTITLE SHA LL 26
INCLUDE A SERVICE AN D PRODUCT LANDSCAPE REVIEW THAT CONTAINS : 27
(1) THE NAME OF A SPECIFI C PRODUCT OR SERVICE ; 28 4 HOUSE BILL 1316
(2) THE PURPORTED FUNCTIO N OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE; 1
(3) ANY PRIVACY, SAFETY, OR SECURITY CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO 2
WHETHER AND HOW DATA IS CAPTURED , STORED, OR SHARED BY THE PRO DUCT OR 3
SERVICE; 4
(4) WHETHER THE PRODUCT O R SERVICE AFFECTS AD DICTIVE 5
QUALITIES IN A USER AND, IF SO, HOW; 6
(5) WAYS IN WHICH A STUDE NT IN PREKINDERGARTE N THROUGH 7
GRADE 12 COULD ACCESS A SPECI FIC PRODUCT OR SERVI CE, INCLUDING WHETHER 8
A SPECIFIC PRODUCT O R SERVICE IS AVAILAB LE THROUGH A DEVICE PROVIDED BY 9
A PUBLIC SCHOOL ; 10
(6) ANY INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL HARMFUL IMPACT ON A 11
USER, INCLUDING EMOTIONAL , PSYCHOLOGICAL , AND PHYSICAL IMPACT S; AND 12
(7) POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACT POTENTIAL ON ACADEMIC 13
GROWTH AND LEARNING . 14
(B) (1) THE GUIDE SHALL BE WR ITTEN IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND CLEARLY 15
DISPLAY CONTACT INFO RMATION FOR THE CENTER. 16
(2) ON REQUEST, THE CENTER SHALL PROVIDE TRANSLATED COPIES 17
OF THE GUIDE. 18
7–2204. 19
FOR THE 2027–2028, 2028–2029, AND 2029–2030 SCHOOL YEARS , ON OR 20
BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR , THE GUIDE SHALL BE: 21
(1) POSTED ON THE WEBSITES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND EACH 22
COUNTY BOARD ; 23
(2) UPDATED EACH YEAR BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL 24
YEAR; AND 25
(3) DISTRIBUTED TO: 26
(I) EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL ; AND 27
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(II) THE PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION FOR EACH PUBLIC 1
SCHOOL. 2
7–2205. 3
(A) THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN 4
APPROPRIATION IN THE FOLLOWING AMO UNTS TO THE CENTER TO FUND THE 5
RESEARCH AND DEVELOP MENT OF THE STUDENT TECHNOLOGY A ND SOCIAL MEDIA 6
RESOURCE GUIDE : 7
(1) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, $100,000; AND 8
(2) FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2028 AND 2029, $125,000. 9
(B) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2027, AND EACH YEAR THEREA FTER, THE 10
CENTER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS USED TO 11
CONDUCT RESEARCH ON, DEVELOP, AND UPDATE THE STUDENT TECHNOLO GY AND 12
SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURC E GUIDE REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE TO THE 13
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANC E WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT 14
ARTICLE. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 16
1, 2025. 17