HB 150

Public Schools - Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: First Reading Senate Rules (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste to award grants to county boards of education and public schools to develop and implement programs for reducing food waste and to establish composting of pre- and post-consumer waste; and requiring the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education to review grant applications and select recipients to be awarded grants by the State Department of Education.

AI analysis is off. Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY to enable summaries, pros and cons, and questions.

Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.

Testimony (32)

MGA witness list

FAV 30FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkinson, nanci	Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice Ministry	Written (PDF)
FAV	Venable, Victorialobbyist	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jakuta, Joseph	Climate Parents of Prince George's	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarwal, Advika	Compostology of the Maryland Coalition to Re-Imagine School Waste	Oral
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Weiss, Erica	Erica H. Weiss, Strategic Health Writing/Editing	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fixsen, Elizabeth	Indivisible Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Platt, Brenda	Institute for Local Self-Reliance	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Xu, Angelina	MD Youth Against Flavored Tobacco (YAFT) Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Richardson, Joseph	MEE green.org	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bruskin, Heather	Maryland Food System Resiliency Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mehu, Natashalobbyist	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Amula, Shrusti	Rise N Shine Foundation & Coalition to ReImagine Food Waste	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hesley, Kerri	Sierra Club	Oral
FAV	Younts, Diana	Takoma Park Mobilization Environment Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cappa, Stephanie	World Wildlife Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Charkoudian, Lorig	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Charkoudian, Delegate Charkoudianlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Fuentes, Javier	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hinz, Andrew	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Lore	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Paige	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sterrette, Dawana	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	weiss, ethan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Woolums, Johnlobbyist	Maryland Assn. of Boards of Education	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County GovernmentFAV 1

Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

Chesapeake Climate Action NetworkFAV 1

Climate Parents of Prince George'sFAV 1

Compostology of the Maryland Coalition to Re-Imagine School WasteFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Erica H. Weiss, Strategic Health Writing/EditingFAV 1

Indivisible Howard CountyFAV 1

Institute for Local Self-RelianceFAV 1

Maryland Assn. of Boards of EducationFWA 1

Maryland Food System Resiliency CouncilFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 1

MD Youth Against Flavored Tobacco (YAFT) CoalitionFAV 1

MEE green.orgFAV 1

MLC Climate Justice WingFAV 1

Rise N Shine Foundation & Coalition to ReImagine Food WasteFAV 1

Sierra ClubFAV 1

Takoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteeFAV 1

World Wildlife FundFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVVenable, VictoriaChesapeake Climate Action NetworkRegistered for: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.…

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action

FWAWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education