HB 524

State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional

Sponsor: Pam Lanman Guzzone (District 13)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Increasing the membership of the State Board of Education from 13 to 14 members to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 18FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Reyes, Ruth Carolina	Arco Iris Bilingual Children's Center	Oral
FAV	Hammon, Lizz	CARY	Oral
FAV	Miller, Kristen	Celebree Schools	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jahromi, Laura	Children's Opportunity Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Webb, Cynthia	Frederick Country Day Montessori School	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cabrera, Cortney	Hilltop Early Learning Center	Oral
FAV	ALBERTSEN, RANDI	Innovations in Education, LLC	Oral
FAV	Lopez, Christina	MDAEYC	Oral
FAV	DANIELS, RUBY	MSFCCA	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Guzzone, Pam	Maryland House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Peusch, Christina	Maryland State Child Care Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Tiffany	Montgomery County Community Action Board	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cano, Christopherlobbyist	SEIU Local 500	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Buchy, Lisa	Wee Lad & Lassie Early Learning Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Munroe, Kecia	Women's Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Guzzone, Delegate Guzzonelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Morrow, Beth	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
INFO	Hands, Zachary	Maryland State Board of Education	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Arco Iris Bilingual Children's CenterFAV 1

CARYFAV 1

Celebree SchoolsFAV 1

Children's Opportunity AllianceFAV 1

Frederick Country Day Montessori SchoolFAV 1

Hilltop Early Learning CenterFAV 1

Innovations in Education, LLCFAV 1

Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1

Maryland State Board of EducationINFO 1

Maryland State Child Care AssociationFAV 1

MDAEYCFAV 1

Montgomery County Community Action BoardFAV 1

MSFCCAFAV 1

SEIU Local 500FAV 1

Wee Lad & Lassie Early Learning CenterFAV 1

Women's CaucusFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVCano, ChristopherSEIU Local 500Registered for: SEIU Local 500