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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1395* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1395 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 5lr3446 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 1234/24 – W&M |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Metzgar and McComas |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Ways and Means |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | County Boards of Education – Volunteer Aides – School Chaplain 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | volunteer aide in schools to provide services to students; and generally relating to 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | county boards of education and volunteer aides. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Education 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 6–106 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Education 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6–106. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) (1) Each county board may use volunteer aides in school activities in its 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | county. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) A COUNTY BOARD MAY USE A CHAPLAIN AS A VOLU NTEER AIDE IN 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE S UPPORT SERVICES TO S TUDENTS. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) A volunteer aide may not be used to supplant educational personnel but shall 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | be used to assist regular employees in their assignments. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) Each county superintendent shall establish guidelines for the use of volunteer 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | aides in the school system of the superintendent’s county. 22 2 HOUSE BILL 1395 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (d) A volunteer aide is considered an agent of the county board for the limited 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | purposes of: 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) Comprehensive liability insurance coverage under § 4–105 of this 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | article; and 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (2) Workers’ compensation coverage under the Maryland Workers’ 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Compensation Act. 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 1, 2025. 8 |
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