SB 601

Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0) (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 a local school system to coordinate with the parents or guardians of a certain child with a disability and the school district in a certain sending state to prevent a delay in transferring the child; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to publish information on the advance enrollment procedures established by the Act; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 12FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendments

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Murphy, Morgan	MD Dept of Veterans Affairs	Written (PDF)
FAV	Livingston, Lindsay	Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	London, Rachel	Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	London, Rachel	Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nash, Lynnlobbyist	Maryland Military Coalition / Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Arnold, Christopher	United States Department of Defense-State Liaison Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
FWA	Lueking, Danielle	Board of Education Howard County	Written (PDF)
FWA	Nash, Lynnlobbyist	Maryland Military Coalition / Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Services	Written (PDF)
FWA	Callender, Nialobbyist	PSSAM	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Board of Education Howard CountyFWA 1

Maryland Department of Veterans and Military FamiliesFAV 1

Maryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilFAV 2

Maryland Military Coalition / Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health ServicesFAV 1FWA 1

MD Dept of Veterans AffairsFAV 1

PSSAMFWA 1

United States Department of Defense-State Liaison OfficeFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVNash, LynnMaryland Military Coalition / Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health ServicesRegistered for: Maryland Military Coalition

FWANash, LynnMaryland Military Coalition / Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health ServicesRegistered for: Maryland Military Coalition

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