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Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Requirements and Prohibitions

Sponsor: Arthur Ellis (District 28)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a school resource officer from entering a school building except if summoned by a school administrator or official to respond to an emergency involving violence or the threat of violence, to participate in certain training, or to use certain facilities; requiring a school resource officer to conceal any firearms except under certain circumstances; requiring a school resource officer to wear civilian clothing; and prohibiting a school resource officer from participating in the routine school discipline of a student.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVEllison, Pastor AngeloClergy and Community United for Police Reform (CCUPR), 1st Vice ChairOral
FAVKronser, LoriMaryland Coalition for Justice and Police AccountabilityWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/AWritten (PDF)
FAVSell, JenniferSURJ3AWritten (PDF)
FAVCeruolo, RichIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVOchs , IndiaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Ellis, Senator EllislegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFDeHart, ThomasCouncil of Adm and Supv EmployeesWritten (PDF)
UNFMansfield, AndrealobbyistMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFCanady, JamesNational Association of School Resource OfficersOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAHall, MicheleMaryland Office of the Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
FWACherayil, MonishaPublic Justice CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FWAWilkes, MckaylaSchools Not JailsOral
FWAIchile-Mckenzie, OngisaSouthern Marylanders for Racial EqualityOral
FWANalley, JustinIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFODove, TinaMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)
INFOHands, ZacharyIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.
UNFWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education