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SENATE BILL 136
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(PRE–FILED) CF HB 157
By: Senator Folden
Requested: November 1, 2024
Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 22, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Education – Safe Schools Fund – Grant Allocations 2
FOR the purpose of authorizing the reallocation of grants from the Safe Schools Fund to 3
local school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate 4
unmet need within the same fiscal year; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to 5
notify local school systems regarding the status of certain grant allocations; and 6
generally relating to Safe Schools Fund grant allocations. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 7–1501(a) and (f) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Education 14
Section 7–1508(g) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
Article – Education 20 2 SENATE BILL 136
7–1501. 1
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 2
(f) “Fund” means the Safe Schools Fund. 3
7–1508. 4
(g) (1) For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall 5
include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 to the Fund for the 6
purpose of providing grants to local school systems and local law enforcement agencies to 7
assist in meeting the requirements of subsection (e) of this section. 8
(2) Grants provided under this subsection [shall]: 9
(I) SHALL be made to each local school system based on the number 10
of schools in each school system in proportion to the total number of public schools in the 11
State in the prior year; AND 12
(II) MAY BE REALLOCATED TO LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT 13
HAVE FULLY EXPENDED THEIR ALLOCATION AND DEMONSTRATE NEED WIT HIN THE 14
SAME FISCAL YEAR . 15
(3) TWICE ANNUALLY , THE SUBCABINET SHALL NOTI FY EACH LOCAL 16
SCHOOL SYSTEM REG ARDING THE STATUS OF THE ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER 17
PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19
1, 2025. 20
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.