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SENATE BILL 602
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CF HB 702
By: Senators Brooks, Kramer, and Hettleman
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 16, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
County Boards of Education – Special Education Service Delivery Models – 2
Publication Requirement 3
FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to publish on its website a 4
certain list of special education service delivery models provided for 5
parentally–placed private school students; and generally relating to publication 6
requirements regarding special education programs and county boards of education. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 8–419 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Education 15
8–419. 16
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION , “PARENTALLY –PLACED PRIVATE SCHOO L 17
STUDENT” MEANS A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY ENROLLED BY THE PARENT OR 18
GUARDIAN OF THE CHIL D IN A PRIVATE ELEMENT ARY OR SECONDARY SCH OOL OR 19 2 SENATE BILL 602
FACILITY, INCLUDING A RELIGIOU S SCHOOL OR FACILITY , IN ACCORDANCE WITH 20 1
U.S.C. § 1412(A)(10)(A). 2
(2) “PARENTALLY–PLACED PRIVATE SCHOO L STUDENT” DOES NOT 3
INCLUDE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY WHO WAS PLACED IN OR REFERRE D TO A 4
PRIVATE SCHOOL OR FA CILITY BY A PUBLIC A GENCY AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING 5
SPECIAL EDUCATION AN D RELATED SERVICES U NDER § 8–406 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 6
[(a)] (B) (1) Each county board shall develop and publish on its website a list 7
of all special education service delivery models [in]: 8
(I) IN the local school system; AND 9
(II) PROVIDED TO PARENTALL Y–PLACED PRIVATE SCHOO L 10
STUDENTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM . 11
(2) The county board shall clearly state that all decisions regarding the 12
placement of a child with a disability in a special education service delivery model under 13
paragraph [(1)] (1)(I) of this subsection will be made by an individualized education 14
program team in consultation with the parents or guardians of the child and consistent 15
with the least restrictive environment requirements of the federal Individuals with 16
Disabilities Education Act. 17
[(b)] (C) On request, the county board shall provide a written copy of the 18
information provided under subsection [(a)] (B) of this section. 19
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
1, 2025. 21
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.