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HB 547

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Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)

Sponsor: Michele Guyton (District 42B)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: First Reading Senate Rules (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a local school system to provide equivalent access to digital tools for students with disabilities, including developing, purchasing, and providing digital tools that are directly connected to student instruction; requiring a local school system to establish a process to evaluate a certain digital tool for equivalent access and nonvisual access by a certain employee or contractor of the school system; providing certain civil penalties for a vendor who fails to meet the equivalent access standards; etc.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list
FAV 11FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGuyton, MicheleDelegate Michele GuytonWritten (PDF)
FAVStewart, LauraMCCPTAWritten (PDF)
FAVLamb, LaurenlobbyistMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVManeki, SharonNational Federation of the Blind of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBierman, LaurenNewselaWritten (PDF)
FAVDay, DerrickIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Guyton, Delegate GuytonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVGuyton, Delegate MicheleIndividualPosition only
FAVLazar, JonathanIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSanders, DominiqueIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTiffin, ScottlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistAACPSWritten (PDF)
FWAMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
FWAWoolums, JohnlobbyistMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationOral + Written (PDF)
FWAJanuary, BriannalobbyistMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FWALondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FWAFannon, Mary PatlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association
FAVTiffin, ScottRegistered for: Maryland School Counselor Association
FWAOrtiz, JeanetteAACPSRegistered for: Johns Hopkins
FWAMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
FWAWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FWAJanuary, BriannaMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Registered for: Chamber of Progress
FWAFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland