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SB 897

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Primary and Secondary Education - Student Technology and Social Media Resource Guide

Sponsor: Sara Love (District 16)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop and distribute a student technology and social media resource guide beginning in the 2027-2028 school year with additional information included in successive years; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $100,000 for fiscal year 2027 and $125,000 for fiscal years 2028 and 2029 in the annual budget bill; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVChandra, MickieFree State Parent-Teacher AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLamb, LaurenlobbyistMaryland State Education AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLove, SaraMaryland State SenatorWritten (PDF)
FAVSchaeffer, CindyUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineOral
FAVJarrett, BethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Love, Senator LovelegislatorIndividualOral
FWABaur, CynthiaUniversity of MarylandWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
FAVLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association