Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Schools - Alterations
What this bill does
Requiring each county board of education to establish a virtual school; encouraging a county board that is unable to offer a virtual school on its own to collaborate with one or more other county boards to jointly establish a school; requiring that the criteria for enrollment in a virtual school established by the State Department of Education or a county board be reasonable and not unduly interfere with an applicant's ability to enroll in the virtual school; and providing that a certain outreach campaign be conducted equitably.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Dima, Rania | Constituent District 4 | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Murphy, JD | MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | copeland, jillian | Main Street Connect | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | High, Sterling | Maryland Coalition for Virtual School Access | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Evans, Courtney | Montgomery Virtual Academy Parent Teacher Council | Oral |
| FAV | Phillips-Davis, Trenae | PCAB Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Campbell, Penelope | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Davis, Jade | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Vogel, Delegate Vogellegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dima, Chani | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dima, Rania | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Echelmeyer, Sofia | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Echelmeyer, Tom | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Howard, Cheryl | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jarrett, Beth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jeffries, A. | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | M, Princess | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McDonald, Andrea | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Medwid, Jackson | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Merivaki, Thessalia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | O'Neill, Laura | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Yanevskyy, Yaroslava | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Zentz, Kim | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | medwid, melissa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Hands, Zachary | Maryland State Board of Education | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Callender, Nialobbyist | PSSAM | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Margolis, Leslielobbyist | Disability Rights Maryland | Written (PDF) |