HB 118

Did not advance

Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact

Sponsor: Bernice Mireku-North (District 14)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 24FavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gupta, Riyalobbyist	Blueprint Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarin, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	O. Agarin, J.D, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	douglass, sharlimar	MAREE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Murphy, Morgan	MD Dept of Veterans Affairs	Written (PDF)
FAV	LaHatte, Jennifer	Maryland Department of Commerce	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tyler, Jr.-Chair, Rick	Maryland Education Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dragics, DAVIDlobbyist	Maryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hands, Zachary	Maryland State Board of Education	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lamb, Laurenlobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, David	Morgan State University	Written (PDF)
FAV	Proctor, Karessa	NASW Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Callender, Nialobbyist	PSSAM	Written (PDF)
FAV	Funk, Kenzie	Strong Schools Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arnold, Christopher	United States Department of Defense-State Liaison Office	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Dana	Women Legislators of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Mireku-North, Delegate Mireku-Northlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Fry, Sara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Scott	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hamilton, Rebecca	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarrett, Beth	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mireku-North, Bernice	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Diersing, Adam	The Council of State Governments	Written (PDF)
INFO	da Silva-Gonzalez, Joana	The Knee Regulatory Research Center	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Blueprint CoalitionFAV 1

Legislative Black Caucus of MarylandFAV 2

MAREEFAV 1

Maryland Department of CommerceFAV 1

Maryland Education CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)FAV 1

Maryland State Board of EducationFAV 1

Maryland State Education AssociationFAV 1

MD Dept of Veterans AffairsFAV 1

Morgan State UniversityFAV 1

NASW MarylandFAV 1

PSSAMFAV 1

Strong Schools MarylandFAV 1

The Council of State GovernmentsINFO 1

The Knee Regulatory Research CenterINFO 1

United States Department of Defense-State Liaison OfficeFAV 1

Women Legislators of MarylandFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGupta, RiyaBlueprint CoalitionRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence

FAVDragics, DAVIDMaryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Registered for: Maryland Military Coalition

FAVLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association

FAVCallender, NiaPSSAMRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland