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Public School Construction – School District Energy Use – Policy and Study

Sponsor: Jared Solomon (District 18)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting, beginning July 1, 2021, the Interagency Commission on School Construction from approving a public school construction project for a school district that has not adopted or updated a certain school district energy policy; specifying the contents of a school district energy policy; encouraging school districts to set certain targets in their school district energy policy; requiring that a school district energy policy be posted on the school district's website and updated every 2 years; etc.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPi-Sunyer, JoannaBaltimore City Superintendents OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHershkowitz, StephenCCANOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFeldman, LizMCPS Clean Energy CampaignOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSamman, AmyMoCoWritten (PDF)
FAVJakuta, JosephPrince Georges Sierra ClubOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Solomon, Delegate SolomonlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistAACPSWritten (PDF)
UNFZinsmeister, RobertAssociated Builders and ContractorsWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMABEWritten (PDF)
FWASUSSKIND, MCPS BOEIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOMALLORY, RICHMEAWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

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