Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding
What this bill does
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Department of Education, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, to review and promulgate guidelines on the state of physical security in schools; altering the amount and uses of annual funding relating to school safety; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $20,000,000 to the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; etc.
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Testimony (27)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Ward, Lindsay | MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) | Position only |
| FAV | Bryan, Kate | Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fry Hester, Katie | Maryland Senate | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Meiser, Henry J. | Student Commissioner - Governor's Commission on Suicide Prevention | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Link, Mia | ZeroEyes | Oral |
| FAV | Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harris, Mrs. | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Hester, Senator Hesterlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Valentino, Ellen | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Price, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| UNF | Gallagher, George | ICQ | Position only |
| UNF | DOrazio, Peter | Year | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Love, William | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Raine, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Vernon, Michael | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | sirkel, jess | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Sterrette, Dawana | Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Woolums, Johnlobbyist | Maryland Assn. of Boards of Education | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Funk, Kenzie | Strong Schools Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Luedtke, Dawn | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Vykol-Gray, Laura | Maryland Department of Budget and Management OPSB | Written (PDF) |