Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB482 Compare Versions

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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.
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7	7	SENATE BILL 482
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10	10	By: Senators Gallion, Hershey, Ready, Bailey, Corderman, Carozza, and Jennings
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
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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	Public Middle and High Schools – Student Discipline 2
19	19	(Right to Teach Act of 2025) 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of authorizing a teacher in a public middle or high school in the State to 4
22	22	take certain disciplinary actions in response to certain student behavior and to direct 5
23	23	students to certain school officials; prohibiting a county board of education from 6
24	24	taking disciplinary action against a certain teacher for certain actions; and generally 7
25	25	relating to student discipline in public middle and high schools. 8
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27	27	BY adding to 9
28	28	Article – Education 10
29	29	Section 7–306.1 11
30	30	Annotated Code of Maryland 12
31	31	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13
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33	33	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
34	34	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
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36	36	Article – Education 16
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38	38	7–306.1. 17
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40	40	(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO PUBLIC MIDDL E AND HIGH SCHOOLS I N 18
41	41	THE STATE. 19
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43	43	(B) IN RESPONSE TO BEHAVI OR BY A STUDENT THAT DOES NOT CONFORM 20
44	44	TO THE BEHAVIORAL GUIDE LINES ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD IN 21
45	45	ACCORDANCE WITH § 7–306(D) OF THIS SUBTITLE , A TEACHER MAY REMOVE A 22
46	46	STUDENT FROM THE CLA SSROOM IF: 23
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50	50	(1) (I) THE STUDENT HAS REPEA TEDLY INTERFERED WIT H THE 1
51	51	TEACHER’S ABILITY TO COMMUNI CATE WITH OTHER STUD ENTS IN THE CLASSROO M 2
52	52	OR WITH OTHER STUDEN TS’ ABILITY TO LEARN EFF ECTIVELY; AND 3
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54	54	(II) THE STUDENT ’S CONDUCT HAS BEEN P REVIOUSLY 4
55	55	DOCUMENTED BY THE TE ACHER; OR 5
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57	57	(2) (I) THE STUDENT EXHIBITS BEHAVIOR THAT IS UNR ULY, 6
58	58	DISRUPTIVE, OR ABUSIVE; AND 7
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60	60	(II) THE BEHAVIOR SIGNIFIC ANTLY INTERFERES WIT H THE 8
61	61	TEACHER’S ABILITY TO COMMUNI CATE WITH OTHER STUD ENTS IN THE CLASSROO M 9
62	62	OR WITH OTHER STUDEN TS’ ABILITY TO LEARN EF FECTIVELY. 10
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64	64	(C) IF A TEACHER REMOVES A STUDENT FROM THE C LASSROOM UNDER 11
65	65	SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE TEACHER SHALL : 12
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67	67	(1) DOCUMENT THE STUDENT ’S BEHAVIOR; 13
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69	69	(2) SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTAT ION OF THE BEHAVIOR TO THE 14
70	70	PRINCIPAL; AND 15
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72	72	(3) SEND THE STUDENT TO THE SCHOO L PRINCIPAL OR GUIDA NCE 16
73	73	COUNSELOR . 17
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75	75	(D) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , IF 18
76	76	A STUDENT IS SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , 19
77	77	THE PRINCIPAL MAY : 20
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79	79	(I) RETURN THE STUDENT TO THE CLASSR OOM; 21
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81	81	(II) PLACE THE STUDENT IN ANOTHER CLASSROOM ; 22
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83	83	(III) PLACE THE STUDENT IN IN–SCHOOL SUSPENSION ; 23
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85	85	(IV) PLACE THE STUDENT IN AN ALTERNATIVE PROGR AM 24
86	86	ESTABLISHED IN ACCOR DANCE WITH § 7–304 OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR 25
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88	88	(V) LIMIT OR PROHIBIT THE STUDENT’S ATTENDANCE OR 26
89	89	PARTICIPATION IN SCH OOL–SPONSORED OR SCHOOL –RELATED ACTIVITIES . 27
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91	91	(2) A PRINCIPAL MAY NOT RE TURN A STUDENT TO A TEACHER’S 28
92	92	CLASSROOM WITHOUT TH E TEACHER ’S CONSENT , UNLESS THE PRINCIPAL , 29 SENATE BILL 482 3
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95	95	GUIDANCE COUNSELOR , AND TEACHER DETERMIN E THAT THE P LACEMENT IS THE 1
96	96	BEST OR ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE. 2
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98	98	(E) IF A STUDENT IS SENT TO THE GUIDANCE COUN SELOR UNDER 3
99	99	SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, THE GUIDANCE COUNSEL OR SHALL DISCIPLINE 4
100	100	THE STUDENT USING RE STORATIVE APPROACHES IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 7–306 OF 5
101	101	THIS SUBTITLE. 6
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103	103	(F) A COUNTY BOARD MAY NOT TAKE DISCIPLINARY AC TION AGAINST A 7
104	104	TEACHER WHO REMOVES A STUDENT FROM A CLA SSROOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8
105	105	SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION. 9
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107	107	(G) A STUDENT WHO IS REMOV ED FROM A CLASSROOM IN ACCORDANCE 10
108	108	WITH THIS SECTI ON MAY NOT BE CONSID ERED REMOVED FROM TH E CLASSROOM 11
109	109	FOR PURPOSES OF A RE PORTING REQUIREMENT UNDER § 7–306 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 12
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111	111	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13
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