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Public and Nonpublic Schools – Electric Retractable Room Partitions – Operation Requirements

Sponsor: Jack Bailey (District 29)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing canceled (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting public and nonpublic school employees from operating an electric retractable room partition in a school except under certain circumstances; requiring any annual safety review, evaluation, or exercise for school employees in a certain school building to include certain information and demonstrations; requiring the State Department of Education to develop and disseminate model safety guidelines on the safe operation of electric retractable room partitions; requiring the Department to publish model safety guidelines on its website; etc.

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Testimony (5)

MGA witness list
FAV 2FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVOlszewski, Jr., JohnBaltimore CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Bailey, Senator BaileylegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWASamman, AmyMoCoOral + Written (PDF)
FWADievendorf, SallieIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education