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SB 785

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State Board of Education Membership and Terms - Capability and Capacity Study of Education Agencies

Sponsor: Bill Ferguson (District 46)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Governor to appoint or reappoint a member of the State Board of Education on or before January 1 of the year in which the member's term expires; requiring members appointed to the State Board to reasonably reflect specified demographic diversity of the State, to the extent practicable; establishing qualifications for members of the Board; requiring a member's term to begin on the July 1 after appointment; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board to contract with a consultant to conduct a certain study; etc.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDove, TinaMSEAWritten (PDF)
FAVDove, TinaMSEAPosition only
FAVDove, TinaMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVGardiner, ShamoyialobbyistStrong Schools MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFerguson, Senate President BillIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFerguson, Senate President BillIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Ferguson, Senator FergusonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Ferguson, Senator FergusonlegislatorIndividualOral
FWACrawford, ClarenceMaryland State Board of EducationOral
FWAHands, ZacharyIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

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