HB 1245

Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

Sponsor: Greg Wims (District 39)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (Appropriations) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of 'Tier I child' for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 36UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Stanski, Matthew	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Oral
FAV	Wilson, Grace	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ridgway, Katie	Harford County Public Schools	Written (PDF)
FAV	London, Rachel	Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mallo, Jennifer	Member - Board of Education of Howard County	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Wims, Delegate Wimslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Albaugh, Rachael	AAWDC	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ali, Sharita	Anne Arundel County Workforce Development	Written (PDF)
UNF	Whaley, Cynthia	Anne Arundel County Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jones, La-Toya	Anne Arundel Work Force Development Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Meyers, Autumn	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Evans, Spencer	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Lambert, Renee	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ogudugu, Liz	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Savage Dupré, Elizabeth	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Self, Malik	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wolfson, Kate	Baltimore's Promise	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kamali, Ardylobbyist	Employ Prince George's, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Plaut, Arilobbyist	Law Offices of Boston and Plaut	Oral
UNF	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jackson, Nancy	SPHS - AACO	Written (PDF)
UNF	Osborn, Roshaun	StrongCurvyFit	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Gadsden, Clifton	WorkSource Montgomery	Oral
UNF	Rosenbloom, Amanda	WorkSource Montgomery	Oral
UNF	Barnes, Aniya	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bennett, Zack	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Butler, Brandonlobbyist	Individual	Oral
UNF	Evans, Molly	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Haye, Nasir	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jamison, Gerald	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jones- Johnson, Idria	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Joslyn, Ashley	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mackell, Xxavien	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Martin, Ariana	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Murray, Kirkland	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Patterson, Tamika	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Riddick, Aieryanna	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rogers, Kaiyanna	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Vanchieri, Anthony	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Villarreal, Ruben	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Wambui, Maureen	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Windley, Somaya	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Gupta, Riyalobbyist	Blueprint Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Howard County, Staff	Board of Education of Howard County	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sample, Sarah	Maryland Association of Counties	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Zogby, Liz	Maryland Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Mitchell, Ellie	Maryland Out of School Time Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Schaefer, Joy	Accountability and Implementation Board	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AAWDCUNF 1

Accountability and Implementation BoardINFO 1

Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsFAV 2

Anne Arundel County Workforce DevelopmentUNF 1

Anne Arundel County Workforce Development CorporationUNF 1

Anne Arundel Work Force Development CorporationUNF 1

Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.UNF 1

Anne Arundel Workforce Development CorporationUNF 5

Baltimore's PromiseUNF 1

Blueprint CoalitionFWA 1

Board of Education of Howard CountyFWA 1

Employ Prince George's, Inc.UNF 1

Harford County Public SchoolsFAV 1

Law Offices of Boston and PlautUNF 1

Maryland Association of CountiesFWA 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FWA 1

Maryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilFAV 1

Maryland Down Syndrome Advocacy CoalitionFWA 1

Maryland Out of School Time NetworkFWA 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsUNF 1

Member - Board of Education of Howard CountyFAV 1

SPHS - AACOUNF 1

StrongCurvyFitUNF 1

WorkSource MontgomeryUNF 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland

UNFKamali, ArdyEmploy Prince George's, Inc.Registered for: Employ Prince George's, Inc.

UNFPlaut, AriLaw Offices of Boston and PlautRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC…

UNFButler, BrandonRegistered for: Cecil County Government; Center for Election Science; DelFest, LLC; International Responder Systems; Maryland Workforce Association; Toro Management, LLC…

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