SB 853

Education - Voluntary Ethical Special Education Advocate Certificate Program

Sponsor: Senator PattersonCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Department of Education to establish the Voluntary Ethical Special Education Advocate Certificate Program on or before July 1, 2021, for administration of a voluntary certificate program for ethical special education advocates; specifying qualifications and application procedures for a certificate; requiring the Department to issue a certificate to a certain applicant; authorizing an applicant to petition for judicial review of a decision of the Department that relates to issuing or renewing a certificate; etc.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list

FAV 21FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Knobelauch, C. Lindsay	American Speech Language Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Barry, Rosemary	Educator	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dixon, Deborah	Maryland Speech Language Hearing Association	Oral
FAV	Mezzomo, Angela	Maryland Speech Language Hearing Association	Oral
FAV	Trotter, Dawn	Maryland Speech Language Hearing Association	Oral
FAV	Bell, Kimberly	Maryland Speech-Language Hearing Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mezzomo, H. Angela	Maryland Speech-Language Hearing Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Evitts, Paul	Professor at Towson University	Written (PDF)
FAV	James, Teresa	School Psychologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rivers, Paula	Speech Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shannon, C'Rai Weedon	Speech Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trotter, Dawn	Speech Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caruso, Rachel	Speech-Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Petit-Clair, Gloria Jeanne	Speech-Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Petit-Clair, Gloria Jeanne	Speech-Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schneider, Ilene	Speech-Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trenkle, Margaret	Speech-Language Pathologist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bennett, Diana	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeMino, Julia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	McAllister, Stephanie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Patterson, Senator Pattersonlegislator	Individual	Position only
UNF	SEID MARGOLIS, LESLIE	EAC	Written (PDF)
UNF	London, Rachel	MDDC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kolp, Ande	The Arc Maryland	Position only

Organizations on record

American Speech Language AssociationFAV 1

EACUNF 1

EducatorFAV 1

Maryland Speech Language Hearing AssociationFAV 3

Maryland Speech-Language Hearing AssociationFAV 2

MDDCUNF 1

Professor at Towson UniversityFAV 1

School PsychologistFAV 1

Speech Language PathologistFAV 3

Speech-Language PathologistFAV 5

The Arc MarylandUNF 1