Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences
Sponsor: Delegate WashingtonCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 (as of Nov 15, 2022)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring the State Department of Education and each county board of education to adopt an attendance policy for public school students that treats an absence due to a student's behavioral health needs the same as an absence due to illness or another somatic health need; and requiring a public school to provide information to a student or the student's parent or guardian about school or community behavioral health resources that are available to the student.
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Testimony (28)
MGA witness listFAV 17FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
Organizations on record
AACPSFAV 1FWA 1
DoTheMostGoodFAV 2
House of DelegatesFAV 2
Maryland Assn. of Boards of EducationFAV 1FWA 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network…
FWAWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
INFOLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association