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Higher Education - Admissions Process - Criminal History

Sponsor: Senator PattersonCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing a certain provision of law that authorized an institution of higher education to use a certain third-party admissions application containing questions about the criminal history of an applicant if the institution provided a notice on its website stating that a criminal history does not disqualify an applicant from admission; and prohibiting institutions of higher education from using an admission application that contains criminal history questions about the applicant.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAndrisse, StanleyFrom Prison Cells to PhDsWritten (PDF)
FAVAndrisse, StanleyFrom Prison Cells to PhDsWritten (PDF)
FAVFreeman, WilliamFrom Prison Cells to PhDsWritten (PDF)
FAVHughes, MichaelFrom Prison Cells to PhDsWritten (PDF)
FAVSmall, DonteFrom Prison Cells to PhDsWritten (PDF)
FAVYORK, CARYNJOTFOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrown, DariyaMaryland Consumer Rights CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVGardiner, ShamoyialobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Patterson, Senator PattersonlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFMcKee-Seabrook, MollyUniversity of Maryland College ParkWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGardiner, ShamoyiaRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence