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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LA W. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0783* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 783 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 5lr3227 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr2630 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Carozza, Bailey, Charles, Corderman, Gallion, Henson, Hershey, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Hester, Folden, James, Jennings, McKay, Ready, Salling, Watson, and West |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Public Schools – Student Fights – School Investigation and Discipline 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | student under certain circumstances; requiring a principal or school administration 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to expunge certain documentation from a student’s disciplinary record under certain 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | circumstances; and generally relating to an investigation and discipline after a 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | student fight. 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Education 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 7–311 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Education 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7–311. 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) A PRINCIPAL OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SHALL INVESTIGATE EACH 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | STUDENT FIGHT OR PHYSICAL ST RUGGLE. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (B) (1) A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAY NOT DISCIPLINE A STU DENT WHO, 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | AFTER THE INVESTIGAT ION REQUIRED UNDER S UBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | MORE LIKELY THAN NOT USED REASONABLE FORC E NECESSARY TO PROTE CT THE 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | STUDENT OR TO ESCAPE THE ATTACK. 23 2 SENATE BILL 783 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) IF A STUDENT WAS DISC IPLINED DURING THE C OURSE OF THE 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | INVESTIGATION BUT WA S LATER DETERMINED T O HAVE USED REASONAB LE FORCE 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | JUSTIFIED UNDER PARA GRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE PRINCIPAL OR 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIO N SHALL EXPUNGE ANY DOCUMENTATION OF THE 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | DISCIPLINE FROM THE STUDENT’S DISCIPLINARY RECOR D. 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 1, 2025. 7 |
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