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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 | *hb0298* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 298 | |
| 11 | 8 | F2 5lr1016 | |
| 12 | 9 | HB 463/24 – APP | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate Kerr | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 9, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Appropriations | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 22, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Maryland Higher Education Commission – Demographic Data Collection 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | – Parental Status 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | certain data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | of higher education in the State; requiring public institutions of higher education to 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | collect and report certain demographic data from students; and generally relating to 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | public institutions of higher education and demographic data collection. 8 | |
| 32 | 26 | ||
| 33 | 27 | BY adding to 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Article – Education 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | Section 11–409 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | Article – Education 16 | |
| 43 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 38 | 11–409. 17 | |
| 45 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 40 | (A) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL COLL ECT DATA FROM EACH P UBLIC 18 | |
| 47 | 41 | INSTITUTION OF HIGHE R EDUCATION IN THE STATE ON THE PARENTAL STATUS OF 19 | |
| 48 | - | STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EACH INS TITUTION. 20 2 HOUSE BILL 298 | |
| 42 | + | STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EACH INSTITUTION . 20 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (2) THE COMMISSION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC 21 | |
| 45 | + | INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHE R EDUCATION , SHALL DEVELOP QUESTI ONS THAT ALLOW 22 | |
| 46 | + | EACH STUDENT TO IDEN TIFY: 23 | |
| 47 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 298 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | (I) WHETHER THE STUDENT I S A PARENT , ACTING AS A 1 | |
| 51 | + | PARENT, OR A LEGAL GUARDIAN ; 2 | |
| 51 | 52 | ||
| 52 | - | (2) THE COMMISSION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC 1 | |
| 53 | - | INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH ER EDUCATION , SHALL DEVELOP QUESTI ONS THAT ALLOW 2 | |
| 54 | - | EACH STUDENT TO IDEN TIFY: 3 | |
| 53 | + | (II) THE AGE OF THE CHILDR EN FOR WHICH THE STU DENT HAS 3 | |
| 54 | + | RESPONSIBILITY ; AND 4 | |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | - | ( | |
| 57 | - | ||
| 56 | + | (III) THE TYPE OF CAREGIVIN G RESPONSIBILITIES THE 5 | |
| 57 | + | STUDENT PROVIDES , INCLUDING WHETHER TH E STUDENT: 6 | |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | - | (II) THE AGE OF THE CHILDR EN FOR WHICH THE STU DENT HAS 6 | |
| 60 | - | RESPONSIBILITY ; AND 7 | |
| 59 | + | 1. IS A SINGLE PARENT ; OR 7 | |
| 61 | 60 | ||
| 62 | - | | |
| 63 | - | ||
| 61 | + | 2. SHARES PARENTAL RESPO NSIBILITIES WITH 8 | |
| 62 | + | SOMEONE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD OR A DIFFE RENT HOUSEHOLD . 9 | |
| 64 | 63 | ||
| 65 | - | 1. IS A SINGLE PARENT ; OR 10 | |
| 64 | + | (B) (1) EACH PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHE R EDUCATION SHALL PL ACE 10 | |
| 65 | + | THE QUESTIONS DEVELO PED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION ON O NE OR 11 | |
| 66 | + | MORE FORMS THAT ARE USED BY THE INSTITUT ION TO COLLECT DEMOG RAPHIC 12 | |
| 67 | + | DATA FROM STUDENTS . 13 | |
| 66 | 68 | ||
| 67 | - | 2. SHARES PARENTAL RESPO NSIBILITIES WITH 11 | |
| 68 | - | SOMEONE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD OR A DIFFE RENT HOUSEHOLD . 12 | |
| 69 | + | (2) EACH PUBLIC INSTITUTI ON OF HIGHER EDUCATI ON SHALL MAKE 14 | |
| 70 | + | THE DATA COLLECTED U NDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION A VAILABLE TO 15 | |
| 71 | + | THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDA NCE WITH THE FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE 16 | |
| 72 | + | COMMISSION UNDER SUBS ECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION. 17 | |
| 69 | 73 | ||
| 70 | - | (B) (1) EACH PUBLIC INSTITUTI ON OF HIGHER EDUCATI ON SHALL PLACE 13 | |
| 71 | - | THE QUESTIONS DEVELO PED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION ON O NE OR 14 | |
| 72 | - | MORE FORMS THAT ARE USED BY THE INSTITUT ION TO COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC 15 | |
| 73 | - | DATA FROM STUDENTS . 16 | |
| 74 | + | (C) THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 18 | |
| 75 | + | SECTION, INCLUDING: 19 | |
| 74 | 76 | ||
| 75 | - | (2) EACH PUBLIC INSTITUTI ON OF HIGHER EDUCATI ON SHALL MAKE 17 | |
| 76 | - | THE DATA COLLECTED U NDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION A VAILABLE TO 18 | |
| 77 | - | THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDA NCE WITH THE FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE 19 | |
| 78 | - | COMMISSION UNDER SUBS ECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION. 20 | |
| 77 | + | (1) ESTABLISHING A COMMON FORMAT AND TIME FRAM E FOR THE 20 | |
| 78 | + | COLLECTION AND REPOR TING OF THE DATA REQ UIRED UNDER THIS SEC TION; AND 21 | |
| 79 | 79 | ||
| 80 | - | ( | |
| 81 | - | ||
| 80 | + | (2) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE COLLECTION OF PARENT AL STATUS 22 | |
| 81 | + | DATA BE INCLUDED WIT H THE COLLECTION OF OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DATA . 23 | |
| 82 | 82 | ||
| 83 | - | (1) ESTABLISHING A COMMON FORMAT AND TIME FRAM E FOR THE 23 | |
| 84 | - | COLLECTION AND REPOR TING OF THE DATA REQ UIRED UNDER THIS SEC TION; AND 24 | |
| 83 | + | (D) ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2026, AND EACH SEPTEMBER 1 24 | |
| 84 | + | THEREAFTER , THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBM IT A REPORT TO THE SENATE BUDGET 25 | |
| 85 | + | AND TAXATION COMMITTEE, THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ENERGY, 26 | |
| 86 | + | AND THE ENVIRONMENT , AND THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, IN 27 | |
| 87 | + | ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THAT 28 | |
| 88 | + | SUMMARIZES THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION. 29 | |
| 85 | 89 | ||
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| 90 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 30 | |
| 91 | + | 1, 2025. 31 | |
| 88 | 92 | ||
| 89 | - | (D) ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2026, AND EACH SEPTEMBER 1 27 | |
| 90 | - | THEREAFTER , THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBM IT A REPORT TO THE SENATE BUDGET 28 | |
| 91 | - | AND TAXATION COMMITTEE, THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ENERGY, 29 | |
| 92 | - | AND THE ENVIRONMENT , AND THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, IN 30 HOUSE BILL 298 3 | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 94 | - | ||
| 95 | - | ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THAT 1 | |
| 96 | - | SUMMARIZES THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION. 2 | |
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| 98 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3 | |
| 99 | - | 1, 2025. 4 | |
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| 104 | - | Approved: | |
| 105 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 106 | - | Governor. | |
| 107 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 108 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 109 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 110 | - | President of the Senate. |