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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 | *hb0702* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 702 | |
| 11 | 8 | F1 5lr1778 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 5lr1781 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegates Kaufman, Allen, Feldmark, Guyton, McComas, Ruth, Schindler, | |
| 14 | 11 | Shetty, Wims, and Wolek | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Ways and Means | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 18 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: March 5, 2025 | |
| 20 | 14 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 19 | County Boards of Education – Special Education Service Delivery Models – 2 | |
| 26 | 20 | Publication Requirement 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 22 | FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to publish on its website a 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | certain list of special education service delivery models provided for 5 | |
| 30 | 24 | parentally–placed private school students; and generally relating to publication 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | requirements regarding special education programs and county boards of education. 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | ||
| 33 | 27 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 | |
| 34 | 28 | Article – Education 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Section 8–419 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | Article – Education 15 | |
| 43 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 38 | 8–419. 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 40 | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION , “PARENTALLY –PLACED PRIVATE SCHOO L 17 | |
| 47 | 41 | STUDENT” MEANS A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY ENROLLED BY THE PARENT OR 18 | |
| 48 | - | GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD IN A PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECOND ARY SCHOOL OR 19 2 HOUSE BILL 702 | |
| 42 | + | GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD IN A PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECOND ARY SCHOOL OR 19 | |
| 43 | + | FACILITY, INCLUDING A RELIGIOU S SCHOOL OR FACILITY , IN ACCORDANCE WITH 20 20 | |
| 44 | + | U.S.C. § 1412(A)(10)(A). 21 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (2) “PARENTALLY–PLACED PRIVATE SCHOO L STUDENT” DOES NOT 22 | |
| 47 | + | INCLUDE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY WHO WAS PLACED IN OR REFERRE D TO A 23 2 HOUSE BILL 702 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | - | ||
| 52 | - | ||
| 50 | + | PRIVATE SCHOOL OR FACILITY BY A PUBLIC AGENCY AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING 1 | |
| 51 | + | SPECIAL EDUCATION AN D RELATED SERVICES UNDER § 8–406 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 2 | |
| 53 | 52 | ||
| 54 | - | (2) “PARENTALLY–PLACED PRIVATE SCHOO L STUDENT” DOES NOT 3 | |
| 55 | - | INCLUDE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY WHO WAS PLACED IN OR REFERRE D TO A 4 | |
| 56 | - | PRIVATE SCHOOL OR FACILITY BY A PUBLIC AGENCY AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING 5 | |
| 57 | - | SPECIAL EDUCATION AN D RELATED SERVICES UNDER § 8–406 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 6 | |
| 53 | + | [(a)] (B) (1) Each county board shall develop and publish on its website a list 3 | |
| 54 | + | of all special education service delivery models [in]: 4 | |
| 58 | 55 | ||
| 59 | - | [(a)] (B) (1) Each county board shall develop and publish on its website a list 7 | |
| 60 | - | of all special education service delivery models [in]: 8 | |
| 56 | + | (I) IN the local school system; AND 5 | |
| 61 | 57 | ||
| 62 | - | (I) IN the local school system; AND 9 | |
| 58 | + | (II) PROVIDED TO PARENTALLY –PLACED PRIVATE SCHOOL 6 | |
| 59 | + | STUDENTS WITHIN THE JURISDICT ION OF THE LOCAL SCH OOL SYSTEM. 7 | |
| 63 | 60 | ||
| 64 | - | (II) PROVIDED TO PARENTALLY –PLACED PRIVATE SCHOOL 10 | |
| 65 | - | STUDENTS WITHIN THE JURISDICT ION OF THE LOCAL SCH OOL SYSTEM. 11 | |
| 61 | + | (2) The county board shall clearly state that all decisions regarding the 8 | |
| 62 | + | placement of a child with a disability in a special education service delivery model under 9 | |
| 63 | + | paragraph [(1)] (1)(I) of this subsection will be made by an individualized education 10 | |
| 64 | + | program team in consultation with the parents or guardians of the child and consistent 11 | |
| 65 | + | with the least restrictive environment requirements of the federal Individuals with 12 | |
| 66 | + | Disabilities Education Act. 13 | |
| 66 | 67 | ||
| 67 | - | (2) The county board shall clearly state that all decisions regarding the 12 | |
| 68 | - | placement of a child with a disability in a special education service delivery model under 13 | |
| 69 | - | paragraph [(1)] (1)(I) of this subsection will be made by an individualized education 14 | |
| 70 | - | program team in consultation with the parents or guardians of the child and consistent 15 | |
| 71 | - | with the least restrictive environment requirements of the federal Individuals with 16 | |
| 72 | - | Disabilities Education Act. 17 | |
| 68 | + | [(b)] (C) On request, the county board shall provide a written copy of the 14 | |
| 69 | + | information provided under subsection [(a)] (B) of this section. 15 | |
| 73 | 70 | ||
| 74 | - | [(b)] (C) On request, the county board shall provide a written copy of the 18 | |
| 75 | - | information provided under subsection [(a)] (B) of this section. 19 | |
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| 77 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20 | |
| 78 | - | 1, 2025. 21 | |
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| 82 | - | Approved: | |
| 83 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 84 | - | Governor. | |
| 85 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 86 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 87 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 88 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 71 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 16 | |
| 72 | + | 1, 2025. 17 |