State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and Administrator Members
Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/21 at 9:30 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include an educational support member who is actively working in a public school as a noncertificated, nonsupervisory public school employee and an administrator member, that may be a principal, an assistant principal, or any other administrative level; and providing for the qualifications, terms, powers, and elections of the new members.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 8FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Clark, John | AFSCME Local 434 | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | AFSCME Maryland Council 3 | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tayman, Stacy | MSEA CAESS | Oral |
| FAV | Lemle, Paul | Maryland State Education Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cano, Christopherlobbyist | SEIU Local 500 | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brooks, Benjamin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Warren, Richard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Hands, Zachary | Maryland State Board of Education | Written (PDF) |