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SB 569

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Anne Arundel County - Public Schools - School Schedule Options

Sponsor: Anne Arundel County SenatorsCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Education - Local BillsStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to operate all of the schools within the county using a school scheduling model that eliminates early dismissal days to allow for less than 180 school days if the minimal hours of attendance are met; requiring a school operating under a scheduling model that results in a school being open for less than 180 days to provide school employees who receive pay at an hourly rate an opportunity to make up the lost wages through other duties before the beginning of the next school year; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 11Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHunt, EthanAnne Arundel CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson, GraceAnne Arundel County Public SchoolsWritten (PDF)
FAVSilkworth, RobertBoard of Education Anne Arundel CountyOral
FAVHoward County, StaffBoard of Education of Howard CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVCallender, NialobbyistPSSAMWritten (PDF)
FAVBedell, MarkSuperintendent, Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsOral
FAVAnne Arundel County Senators, Anne Arundel County SenatorsIndividualOral
FAVFadele, MichelleIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGile, SenatorIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVVazquez, MichaelIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

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