Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB923 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1
2	2
3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0923
6	6
7	7	HOUSE BILL 923
8	8	F1 5lr3025
9	9	CF 5lr3256
10	10	By: Delegates Ebersole, Feldmark, Forbes, Pasteur, Patterson, White Holland,
11	11	Williams, and Young
12	12	Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2025
13	13	Assigned to: Ways and Means
14	14
15	15	A BILL ENTITLED
16	16
17	17	AN ACT concerning 1
18	18
19	19	State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and 2
20	20	Administrator Members 3
21	21
22	22	FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include an 4
23	23	educational support member and an administrator member; providing for the 5
24	24	qualifications, terms, powers, and elections of the new members; and generally 6
25	25	relating to the membership of the State Board of Education. 7
26	26
27	27	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
28	28	Article – Education 9
29	29	Section 2–202 10
30	30	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
31	31	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
32	32
33	33	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
34	34	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
35	35
36	36	Article – Education 15
37	37
38	38	2–202. 16
39	39
40	40	(a) The State Board consists of 13 regular members, and 1 student member, 17
41	41	appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. 18
42	42
43	43	(b) (1) In making appointments to the State Board, the Governor shall 19
44	44	consider representation from: 20
45	45
46	46	(i) All parts of this State; and 21
47	47	2 HOUSE BILL 923
48	48
49	49
50	50	(ii) Areas of this State with concentrations of population or unique 1
51	51	needs. 2
52	52
53	53	(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) through [(6)] (8) of this 3
54	54	subsection, the members of the Board shall be appointed from the general public. 4
55	55
56	56	(3) The following individuals may not be appointed to the Board: 5
57	57
58	58	(i) Except for the teacher member, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT 6
59	59	MEMBER, ADMINISTRATOR MEMBER , and student member, any individual who is subject 7
60	60	to the authority of the Board; 8
61	61
62	62	(ii) The Governor; and 9
63	63
64	64	(iii) The State Superintendent. 10
65	65
66	66	(4) (i) Of the 13 regular members of the State Board, one regular 11
67	67	member shall be a certified teacher who is actively teaching. 12
68	68
69	69	(ii) The Governor shall appoint the teacher member, with the advice 13
70	70	and consent of the Senate, who received the highest number of votes after an election by 14
71	71	teachers in the State. 15
72	72
73	73	(iii) The Department shall provide notice of a teacher member 16
74	74	vacancy on the State Board to: 17
75	75
76	76	1. All certified teachers who are actively teaching in the 18
77	77	State; and 19
78	78
79	79	2. All teachers’ organizations representing teachers in the 20
80	80	State for purposes of collective bargaining. 21
81	81
82	82	(iv) 1. The election shall be conducted under regulations that the 22
83	83	Department adopts. 23
84	84
85	85	2. The Department may consult with the State Retirement 24
86	86	Agency of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System to conduct the election 25
87	87	required under this subparagraph. 26
88	88
89	89	(v) The teacher member may attend and participate in an executive 27
90	90	session of the State Board. 28
91	91
92	92	(vi) The teacher member may not vote on any matter that relates to 29
93	93	appeals to the State Board under § 6–202 of this article. 30
94	94
95	95	(5) (I) OF THE 13 REGULAR MEMBERS OF T HE STATE BOARD, ONE 31
96	96	REGULAR MEMBER SHALL BE AN EDUCATIONAL SU PPORT PROFESSIONAL W HO IS 32 HOUSE BILL 923 3
97	97
98	98
99	99	ACTIVELY WORKING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL AS A NONCERTIFICATED , 1
100	100	NONSUPERVISORY PUBLI C SCHOOL EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED AS PART O F A 2
101	101	BARGAINING UNIT UNDE R TITLE 6, SUBTITLE 5 OF THIS ARTICLE. 3
102	102
103	103	(II) THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOIN T THE EDUCATIONAL 4
104	104	SUPPORT MEMBER , WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, WHO 5
105	105	RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES AFTE R AN ELECTION BY EDU CATIONAL 6
106	106	SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL S IN THE STATE. 7
107	107
108	108	(III) THE DEPARTMENT SH ALL PROVIDE NOTICE O F AN 8
109	109	EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT MEMBER VACANCY ON THE STATE BOARD TO: 9
110	110
111	111	1. ALL EDUCATIONAL SUPPO RT PROFESSIONALS WHO 10
112	112	ARE ACTIVELY WORKING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL AS A NONCERTI FICATED, 11
113	113	NONSUPERVISORY PUBLI C SCHOOL EMPLOYEE DE SIGNATED AS PART OF A 12
114	114	BARGAINING UNIT UNDE R TITLE 6, SUBTITLE 5 OF THIS ARTICLE IN T HE STATE; AND 13
115	115
116	116	2. ALL EDUCATIONAL SUPPO RT PROFESSIONAL S’ 14
117	117	ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING EDUCATIONAL SU PPORT PROFESSIONALS IN THE 15
118	118	STATE FOR PURPOSES OF COLLECTIVE BARGAININ G. 16
119	119
120	120	(IV) THE ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED UNDER 17
121	121	REGULATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT ADOPTS . 18
122	122
123	123	(V) THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPO RT MEMBER MAY ATTEND AND 19
124	124	PARTICIPATE IN AN EX ECUTIVE SESSION OF THE STATE BOARD. 20
125	125
126	126	(VI) THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPO RT MEMBER MAY NOT VO TE ON 21
127	127	ANY MATTER THAT RELA TES TO APPEALS TO TH E STATE BOARD UNDER § 6–202 OF 22
128	128	THIS ARTICLE. 23
129	129
130	130	(6) (I) IN THIS PARAGRAPH , “ADMINISTRATOR ” MEANS A 24
131	131	PRINCIPAL, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, OR ANY OTHER ADMINIS TRATIVE LEVEL 25
132	132	PROFESSIONAL WHO IS ACTIVELY WORKING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL . 26
133	133
134	134	(II) OF THE 13 REGULAR MEMBERS OF T HE STATE BOARD, ONE 27
135	135	REGULAR MEMBER SHALL BE AN ADMINISTRATOR . 28
136	136
137	137	(III) THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOIN T THE ADMINISTRATO R 29
138	138	MEMBER, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, WHO RECEIVED THE 30
139	139	HIGHEST NUMBER OF VO TES AFTER AN ELECTIO N BY ADMINISTRATORS IN THE 31
140	140	STATE. 32
141	141	4 HOUSE BILL 923
142	142
143	143
144	144	(IV) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROV IDE NOTICE OF AN 1
145	145	ADMINISTRATOR MEMBER VACANCY ON THE STATE BOARD TO: 2
146	146
147	147	1. ALL ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE ACTIVELY WOR KING 3
148	148	IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ; AND 4
149	149
150	150	2. ALL ADMINISTRATORS ’ ORGANIZATIONS 5
151	151	REPRESENTING ADMINISTRATORS IN THE STATE FOR PURPOSES OF COLLECTIVE 6
152	152	BARGAINING. 7
153	153
154	154	(V) THE ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED UNDER 8
155	155	REGULATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT ADOPTS . 9
156	156
157	157	(VI) THE ADMINISTRATOR MEMBER MAY ATTEND AN D 10
158	158	PARTICIPATE IN AN EX ECUTIVE SESSION OF T HE STATE BOARD. 11
159	159
160	160	(VII) THE ADMINISTRATOR MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE ON ANY 12
161	161	MATTER THAT RELATES TO APPEALS TO THE STATE BOARD UNDER § 6–202 OF THIS 13
162	162	ARTICLE. 14
163	163
164	164	[(5)] (7) (i) Of the 13 regular members of the State Board, one regular 15
165	165	member shall be the parent of a student enrolled in a public school in the State. 16
166	166
167	167	(ii) The Governor shall appoint the parent member, with the advice 17
168	168	and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted to the 18
169	169	Governor by the Maryland PTA. 19
170	170
171	171	(iii) The Department shall provide notice of the parent member 20
172	172	vacancy on the State Board to the Maryland PTA. 21
173	173
174	174	(iv) The parent member may attend and participate in an executive 22
175	175	session of the State Board. 23
176	176
177	177	[(6)] (8) The student member shall be selected by the Governor from a list 24
178	178	of 2 persons nominated by the Maryland Association of Student Councils. 25
179	179
180	180	(c) (1) The student member shall be: 26
181	181
182	182	(i) A regularly enrolled student; and 27
183	183
184	184	(ii) In good standing in a public high school in the State. 28
185	185
186	186	(2) The student member may attend and participate in an ex ecutive 29
187	187	session of the Board. 30
188	188	HOUSE BILL 923 5
189	189
190	190
191	191	(3) The student member may not vote on any matter that relates to: 1
192	192
193	193	(i) The dismissal of or other disciplinary action involving personnel; 2
194	194	or 3
195	195
196	196	(ii) Appeals to the State Board under § 2–205 of this subtitle or § 4
197	197	4–205 or § 6–202 of this article. 5
198	198
199	199	(d) (1) Each regular member serves for a term of 4 years and until a successor 6
200	200	is appointed and qualifies. These terms are staggered as required by the terms of the 7
201	201	members serving on the State Board as of July 1, 1989. 8
202	202
203	203	(2) The Governor shall appoint a new member to fill any vacancy on the 9
204	204	Board for the remainder of that term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 10
205	205
206	206	(3) A member is eligible for reappointment but may not serve for more than 11
207	207	two full 4–year terms. 12
208	208
209	209	(4) The student member shall serve for a term of 1 year. A student member 13
210	210	is eligible for reappointment but may not serve more than two full 1–year terms. 14
211	211
212	212	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 15
213	213	1, 2025. 16