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Bills/2024 Regular Session

SB 1062

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Education – Prekindergarten and Withholding of County Board Funding (Blueprint Accountability and Flexibility Act of 2024)

Sponsor: Stephen S. Hershey, Jr. (District 36)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering certain dates related to the family share for Tier II children in publicly funded prekindergarten; altering certain dates related to the proportion of eligible private provider prekindergarten slots; repealing the authorization for the State Department of Education to exclude by annual waiver Tier I children who are 4 years old from a certain prekindergarten slot calculation; establishing a process for the Accountability and Implementation Board to withhold certain funding from a county board under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list
FAV 20FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
FAVGallagher, GeorgeICQPosition only
FAVArshavsky, SvetlanaIndividualPosition only
FAVDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
FAVDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVHershey, SteveIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHopkins, BarbaraIndividualPosition only
FAVKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hershey, Senator HersheylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
FAVSorell, HollyIndividualPosition only
FAVVernon, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVVolkmar, LeslieIndividualPosition only
FAVWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FAVmcavoy, vinceIndividualPosition only
FAVsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only
UNFMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationWritten (PDF)
UNFGardiner, ShamoyialobbyistStrong Schools MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
UNFGupta, RiyalobbyistStrong Schools MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
INFOHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Concerned CitizenFAV 1
Disability Rights MarylandUNF 1
ICQFAV 1
Maryland Assn. of Boards of EducationUNF 1
Strong Schools MarylandUNF 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
UNFWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
UNFGardiner, ShamoyiaStrong Schools MarylandRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence
UNFGupta, RiyaStrong Schools MarylandRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence