SB 852

Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (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 9FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 40UnfavorableINFO 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	MILLER, CHRISTINA	Charles County Public Schools	Oral
FAV	Colmers, Elly	Compass Advocacy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ridgway, Katie	Harford County Public Schools	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Lewis Young, Senator Lewis Younglegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Yoho, Karen	Individual	Oral
UNF	Albaugh, Rachael	AAWDC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Arnold, Edward	AAWDC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Heuer, Marissa	AAWDC	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ali, Sharita	Anne Arundel County Workforce Development	Oral + 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	Hope, Aisha	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lambert, Renee	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ogudugu, Liz	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Savage Dupré, Elizabeth	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Self, Malik	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Smith, April	Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Wolfson, Kate	Baltimore's Promise	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kamali, Ardylobbyist	Employ Prince George's, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Feinroth, Marklobbyist	Law Offices of Boston & Plaut	Oral
UNF	Jackson, Nancy	SPHS - AACO	Written (PDF)
UNF	Osborn, Roshaun	StrongCurvyFit	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Puruncajas, Melanie	WorkSource Montgomery	Oral
UNF	Featherstone, Anthony	Worksource Montgomery Inc.	Oral
UNF	Barnes, Aniya	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bennett, Zack	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Butler, Brandonlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
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	Written (PDF)
UNF	Patterson, Tamika	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Riddick, Aieryanna	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rogers, Kaiyanna	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Spe, Ibukun	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	douglass, sharlimar	MAREE	Oral
FWA	Sample, Sarah	Maryland Association of Counties	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Zogby, Liz	Maryland Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Lewis Young, Senator Karen	Senator Karen Lewis Young	Written (PDF)
INFO	Schaefer, Joy	Accountability and Implementation Board	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AAWDCUNF 3

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 7

Baltimore's PromiseUNF 1

Blueprint CoalitionFWA 1

Board of Education of Howard CountyFWA 1

Charles County Public SchoolsFAV 1

Compass AdvocacyFAV 1

Employ Prince George's, Inc.UNF 1

Harford County Public SchoolsFAV 1

Law Offices of Boston & PlautUNF 1

MAREEFWA 1

Maryland Association of CountiesFWA 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FWA 1

Maryland Down Syndrome Advocacy CoalitionFWA 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

Senator Karen Lewis YoungFWA 1

SPHS - AACOUNF 1

StrongCurvyFitUNF 1

WorkSource MontgomeryUNF 1

Worksource Montgomery Inc.UNF 1

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.

UNFFeinroth, MarkLaw Offices of Boston & PlautRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore's Promise Care of the Fund for Educational Excellence; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC; Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors; Highland Electric Fleets, Inc.; Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association…

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