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HOUSE BILL 137
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(PRE–FILED)
By: Delegates Mangione, Arentz, Arikan, Chisholm, Grammer, Hartman, Miller,
T. Morgan, Nawrocki, Rose, Schmidt, Szeliga, and Tomlinson
Requested: September 13, 2024
Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Schools – Children Charged With a Crime of Violence – Prohibition on 2
In–Person Attendance 3
(School Safety Act of 2025) 4
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a child from in–person attendance at a public school if the 5
child has been charged with a crime of violence, until certain conditions are met; 6
requiring each local school system to provide alternative educational options for 7
children prohibited from in–person attendance in a certain manner; and generally 8
relating to the prohibition of in–school attendance by children charged with a crime 9
of violence. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Criminal Procedure 12
Section 11–722(e) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
BY adding to 16
Article – Education 17
Section 7–312 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22
Article – Criminal Procedure 23
11–722. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 137
(e) (1) A registrant or juvenile registrant who is a student may receive an 1
education in accordance with State law in any of the following locations: 2
(i) a location other than a public or nonpublic elementary or 3
secondary school, including by: 4
1. participating in the Home and Hospital Teaching Program 5
for Students; or 6
2. participating in or attending a program approved by a 7
county board under paragraph (2) of this subsection; 8
(ii) a Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents; or 9
(iii) a nonpublic educational program as provided by § 8–406 of the 10
Education Article if: 11
1. the registrant or juvenile registrant has notified an agent 12
or employee of the nonpublic educational program that the registrant or juvenile registrant 13
is required to register under this subtitle; and 14
2. the registrant or juvenile registrant has been given 15
specific written permission by an agent or employee of the nonpublic educational program 16
to attend the nonpublic educational program. 17
(2) Each county board shall develop and adopt a policy that enables a 18
registrant or juvenile registrant who is a student to receive an education as described under 19
paragraph (1) of this subsection. 20
(3) The State Board shall develop and adopt guidelines and a model policy 21
to assist a county board with the development of a policy under paragraph (2) of this 22
subsection. 23
Article – Education 24
7–312. 25
(A) IF A CHILD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME OF VIOLENCE , AS 26
DEFINED IN § 14–101 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE, THE CHILD IS PROHIBI TED 27
FROM IN–PERSON ATTENDANCE AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL UNTIL THE CHILD IS FOUND 28
NOT DELINQUENT OR THE CHARGE IS DISMISSED. 29
(B) (1) EACH LOCAL SCHOOL SYS TEM SHALL PROVIDE AL TERNATIVE 30
EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS SEPARATE FROM OTHER STUDENTS FOR CHILDREN 31 HOUSE BILL 137 3
PROHIBITED FROM IN –PERSON ATTENDANCE UN DER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 1
SECTION. 2
(2) THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCA TIONAL OPTIONS PROVI DED UNDER 3
THIS SUBSECTION SHAL L ALIGN WITH THE REQ UIRED POLICY ADOPTED BY COUNTY 4
BOARDS UNDER § 11–722(E) OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE. 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effe ct July 6
1, 2025. 7