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Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Alterations

Sponsor: Senator Washington, M.Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to designate certain private institutions of higher education as hunger-free campuses; prohibiting a 4-year or 2-year private institution of higher education or a regional higher education center operated by a private nonprofit institution of higher education from being eligible to receive grant funding under the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; and authorizing the Governor in certain fiscal years to include $150,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJabin, DrewMaryland Association of Community CollegesWritten (PDF)
FAVJabin, DrewMaryland Association of Community CollegesWritten (PDF)
FAVCapodanno, MatthewlobbyistMaryland Food BankWritten (PDF)
FAVPinzini, BrielleMaryland Hunger SolutionsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPower, MattMaryland Independent College and University AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVSnyder, Co-Chair, AbbyMarylanders Against PovertyWritten (PDF)
FAVChiejine, NanyaMontgomery County Food CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVLogendran, VathaniRetriever EssentialsWritten (PDF)
FAVKALFOGLOU, AndreaUMBCOral
FAVFarris, JadenUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County Student Government AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVGlassman, MitchellIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVGrant, JordanIndividualOral
FAVKabara, IlonaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKunz, JamesIndividualOral
FAVKunz, JamesIndividualOral
FAVRhodes-Boyett, AbigailIndividualOral
FAVSenator Washington, M., Senator Washington, M.legislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Washington, M., Senator Washington, M.legislatorIndividualOral
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVCapodanno, MatthewMaryland Food BankRegistered for: Maryland Food Bank