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County Boards of Education - In-Person Instruction and Related Services - Requirement

Sponsor: Mike Griffith (District 35A)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring, notwithstanding any law, regulation, or executive order to the contrary, each county board of education, for the 2021-2022 school year, to require school buildings to be open each school day to provide in-person instruction and related services, including services such as speech-language pathology services, counseling, physical therapy, and occupational therapy, to certain students; requiring each county board to provide instruction and related services to certain students in person except under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 2FavorableUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDelegate Griffith, Delegate GriffithlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVOnizuk, StacyIndividualOral
UNFFannon, Mary PatlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
INFODove, TinaMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland
UNFOrtiz, JeanetteRegistered for: Johns Hopkins
UNFWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education