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HB 596

Did not advanceCrossfile SB 601
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Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures

Sponsor: Edith J. Patterson (District 28)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the service member or other parent or guardian of a dependent child with a disability to note whether the child has an individualized education program or a 504 plan in the sending state; and requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to publish information on advance enrollment.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 9Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMurphy, MorganMD Dept of Veterans AffairsWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Rogers, MikelegislatorMD House of DelegatesWritten (PDF)
FAVLivingston, LindsayMaryland Department of Veterans and Military FamiliesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVNash, LynnlobbyistMaryland Military CoalitionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVArnold, ChristopherUnited States Department of Defense-State Liaison OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Patterson, Delegate PattersonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVJarrett, BethIndividualPosition only
FAVPatterson, EdithIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVNash, LynnMaryland Military CoalitionRegistered for: Maryland Military Coalition