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Maryland Senate Bill SB845

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33 EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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5- Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
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107 SENATE BILL 845
118 F1 5lr3029
129 CF HB 1025
1310 By: Senator Hettleman
1411 Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025
1512 Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
16-Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17-Senate action: Adopted
18-Read second time: February 27, 2025
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20-CHAPTER ______
14+A BILL ENTITLED
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2216 AN ACT concerning 1
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24-Local Education Agencies – Educator Screening – NASDTEC Educator 2
25-Identification Clearinghouse 3
26-(School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act) 4
18+Local Education Agencies – Educator Screening – NASDTEC Clearinghouse 2
19+(School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act ) 3
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28-FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Education to register each local 5
29-education agency in the State to become as an associate member of the National 6
30-Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification a national 7
31-membership organization to utilize the Educator Identification Clearinghouse for 8
32-screening educators and individuals who apply to be educators; and generally 9
33-relating to the hiring and screening process for educators employed within local 10
34-school systems in the State. 11
21+FOR the purpose of requiring each local education agency in the State to become an 4
22+associate member of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher 5
23+Education and Certification to utilize the Educator Identification Clearinghouse for 6
24+screening educators and individuals who apply to be educators; and generally 7
25+relating to the hiring and screening process for educators employed within local 8
26+school systems in the State. 9
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36-BY adding to 12
37- Article – Education 13
38-Section 6–103.1 14
39- Annotated Code of Maryland 15
40- (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
28+BY adding to 10
29+ Article – Education 11
30+Section 6–103.1 12
31+ Annotated Code of Maryland 13
32+ (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
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42- SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
43-That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
34+ SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
35+That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
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45-Article – Education 19
37+Article – Education 17
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47-6–103.1. 20
39+6–103.1. 18
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41+ (A) IN THIS SECTION, “NASDTEC” MEANS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 19
42+OF STATE DIRECTORS OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION. 20
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44+ (B) EACH LOCAL EDUCATION AGEN CY IN THE STATE SHALL: 21
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46+ (1) BECOME AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER O F NASDTEC; AND 22
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51- (A) IN THIS SECTION, “NASDTEC” MEANS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1
52-OF STATE DIRECTORS OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION. 2
50+ (2) UTILIZE NASDTEC’S EDUCATOR IDENTIFICATION 1
51+CLEARINGHOUSE TO SCRE EN: 2
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54- (A) IN THIS SECTION, “NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION ” MEANS A 3
55-NATIONAL ORGANIZATIO N THAT IS A NATIONAL COLLECTION POINT FOR 4
56-PROFESSIONAL DISCIPL INE ACTIONS TAKEN BY ALL 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF 5
57-COLUMBIA, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 6
58-SCHOOLS, AND GUAM THAT PROVIDES ME MBERS WITH NOT IFICATION OF AN ACTI ON 7
59-TAKEN AGAINST THE CR EDENTIAL OF AN EDUCA TOR BY OTHER MEMBER STATES OR 8
60-JURISDICTIONS. 9
53+ (I) EACH EDUCATOR EMPLOYED WITHIN THE LOCAL SCH OOL 3
54+SYSTEM AS OF JULY 1, 2025; AND 4
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62- (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 10
56+ (II) EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO APPL IES FOR AN EDUCATOR 5
57+POSITION WITHIN THE LOCAL SCH OOL SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2025. 6
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64- (1) REGISTER EACH LOCAL E DUCATION AGENCY IN T HE STATE AS AN 11
65-ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF A NATIONAL MEMBERSHI P ORGANIZATION T HAT PROVIDES 12
66-ACCESS TO THE EDUCATOR IDENTIFICATION CLEARINGHOUSE ; AND 13
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68- (2) PAY ANY APPLICABLE FE ES AND DUES ASSOCIAT ED WITH 14
69-MEMBERSHIP IN THE NA TIONAL MEMBERSHIP OR GANIZATION. 15
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71- (B) (C) EACH LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY IN THE STATE SHALL: 16
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73- (1) BECOME AN ASSOCIATE M EMBER OF NASDTEC; AND 17
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75- (2) UTILIZE UTILIZE NASDTEC’S THE EDUCATOR IDENTIFICATION 18
76-CLEARINGHOUSE THROUGH THE NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZAT ION TO 19
77-SCREEN: 20
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79- (I) EACH EDUCATOR EMPLOYE D WITHIN THE LOCAL S CHOOL 21
80-SYSTEM AS OF JULY 1, 2025; AND 22
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82- (II) EACH EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO APPLI ES FOR AN EDUCATOR 23
83-POSITION WITHIN THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2025. 24
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85- SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 25
86-1, 2025. 26
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59+ SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7
60+1, 2025. 8