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SB 892

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School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment

Sponsor: Cory V. McCray (District 45)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on State money accrue to the General Fund of the State; requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to administer the Fund; and requiring the Fund to be used only to acquire, plan, develop, finance, construct, lease, improve, repair, and maintain public charter school facilities.

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Testimony (51)

MGA witness list
FAV 44FavorableUNF 7Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMcKenna, WillAfya Baltimore Inc. (ABI)Written (PDF)
FAVMcKenna, WillAfya Baltimore Inc. (ABI)Written (PDF)
FAVMedina, ChristianCMIT North High SchoolOral
FAVFunya, AngelaChesapeake Charter School AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVFunya, AngelaChesapeake Charter School AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVAk, ZaynChesapeake Lighthouse FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVDerin, ErkanChesapeake Lighthouse FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVKarabulut, JasonChesapeake Lighthouse FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVVadalia, AshishChesapeake Lighthouse FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVDogan, VedatChesapeake Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVEmerson, KevinChesapeake Public Charter SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVSavvas, PaulChesapeake Public Charter SchoolOral
FAVHemingway, DeborahEcphora CapitalOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHanson, RachelFCCSWritten (PDF)
FAVMueller, AlexFirst Tryon AdvisorsOral
FAVConstant, JessicaFrederick Classical Charter SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVCowgill, GabrielleFrederick Classical Charter SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVMeier, AimeeFrederick Classical Charter SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVNnameka, ShephardFrederick Classical Charter SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVNnameka, DebbieFrederick Classical Charter School Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVBond, JamesLiving Classrooms FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVAllen, McKenzieMaryland Alliance of Public Charter SchoolsWritten (PDF)
FAVAllen, McKenzieMaryland Alliance of Public Charter SchoolsWritten (PDF)
FAVHair, RobertMaryland School for the BlindWritten (PDF)
FAVDunsmore, TaraMonocacy Montessori Communitities, Inc. (MMCI)Written (PDF)
FAVMedema, MarkNational Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsOral
FAVPittman, RomeyNew Village Academy Public Charter SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVTchoumi, BertrandPartnership for Infinite Education/Bilingual Global Citizens PCSWritten (PDF)
FAVYocum, AlishaSabillasville Environmental SchoolWritten (PDF)
FAVHarting, MartalobbyistVenableOral
FAVCamacho, TabathaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChang, ClaudiaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChang, HelenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCuffee, ZarinahIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHemingway, AlexandriaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKrauss, CortneyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLevitsky, AnneIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVRizzo, AllisonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRizzo, SavonaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator McCray, Senator McCraylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator McCray, Senator McCraylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSmith, JenniferIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVYakkanti, ChaitanyaIndividualOral
UNFSterrette, DawanaBaltimore City Board of School CommissionersWritten (PDF)
UNFSterrette, DawanaBaltimore City Board of School CommissionersWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationWritten (PDF)
UNFEdwards, DonnaMaryland State & DC AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
UNFGobel, ChristianlobbyistMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFGobel, ChristianlobbyistMaryland State Education AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFFannon, Mary PatlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHarting, MartaVenableRegistered for: Abbott Laboratories; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; Asurion Insurance Services, Inc.; Baltimore Community Foundation; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Baltimore Public Markets Corporation
UNFWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
UNFGobel, ChristianMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association
UNFGobel, ChristianMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association
UNFFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland