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HB 1157

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Education - Student Grades - Purposeful Misrepresentation

Sponsor: Robin L. Grammer, Jr. (District 6)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from altering the grade of a student to purposefully misrepresent the student's performance, knowledge, or achievement in a course; and establishing a penalty of up to 1 year of imprisonment for a violation of the Act.

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Testimony (4)

MGA witness list
FAV 1FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDelegate Grammer, Delegate GrammerlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistAACPSWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMABEWritten (PDF)
UNFSusskind, DanielleMCPSWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

AACPSUNF 1
MABEUNF 1
MCPSUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFOrtiz, JeanetteAACPSRegistered for: Johns Hopkins
UNFWoolums, JohnMABERegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education