SB 124

Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 (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; 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; etc.

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Testimony (42)

MGA witness list

FAV 37FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Blanchard, Yasmine	Baltimore Beyond Plastic	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Howard County, Staff	Board of Education of Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mack, Sara	Compost Crew	Oral
FAV	Parry, Ben	Compost Crew	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarwal, Advika	Compostology of the Maryland Coalition to Re-Imagine School Waste	Oral + 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	Richardson, Joseph	Lunch Out of Landfills	Oral
FAV	Mordhorst, Heidi	MCPS	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	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hettleman, Shelly	MGA- Senator Hettleman	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hettleman, Shelly	MGA- Senator Hettleman	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Younts, Diana	Takoma Park Mobilization Environment Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	Takoma Park Mobilization Environment Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clauss, Jack	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cutler, Tabitha	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Davlin, Sharon	Individual	Position only
FAV	Gargurevich, Kathryn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hinz, Andrew	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kamana, Pranavi	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nguyen, Sophie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Lore	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schuchman, Micah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Hettleman, Senator Hettlemanlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Hettleman, Senator Hettlemanlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Weiss, Ethan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Woolums, Johnlobbyist	Maryland Assn. of Boards of Education	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Woolums, Johnlobbyist	Maryland Assn. of Boards of Education	Written (PDF)
INFO	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)