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HB 326

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Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System

Sponsor: Eric Ebersole (District 44A)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to develop and administer an anonymous reporting system to receive information related to a school or student safety concern; requiring the Center to develop operational guidelines and procedures, and to provide training relative to the system; requiring each local school system to participate in the anonymous reporting system, subject to a certain exception; requiring a certain custodian of records to deny inspection of information and materials related the system; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list
FAV 19FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFalcon, GavinHoward County Association of Student CouncilsOral
FAVBlackfield, AnneMD Dept. of DisabilitiesWritten (PDF)
FAVBuckheit, KimberlyMaryland Center for School SafetyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBuckheit, KimberlyMaryland Center for School SafetyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBryan, KateMaryland Center for School Safety (MCSS)Oral
FAVBlackfield, AnneMaryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD)Written (PDF)
FAVSierra, AnnaMaryland Department of Emergency ManagementWritten (PDF)
FAVSierra, AnnaMaryland Department of Emergency ManagementWritten (PDF)
FAVCratsley, LaurelMaryland State Department of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVCratsley, LaurelMaryland State Department of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVUrsprung, PatriciaMontgomery County Board of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVAnderson, ZaniahPublic School Superintendents' Association of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Ebersole, Delegate EbersolelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Ebersole, Delegate EbersolelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVFannon, Mary PatlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJasen, DebiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJasen, DebiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland