HB 505

Did not advance

Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation

Sponsor: Stephanie Smith (District 45)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school receiving transfer of a student to accept certain unofficial documents to satisfy the academic records requirement from the sending school in the event that a dispute between the sending school and the student has caused the sending school to deny the request for the official academic transcript and records of the transferring student.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list

FAV 14FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Muckle, Lonialobbyist	CASH Campaign of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muckle, Lonialobbyist	CASH Campaign of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	douglass, sharlimar	Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Baines, Alicia	N/A	Position only
FAV	Carter, Alita-Geri	Qualequity Access	Position only
FAV	Carter, Alita-Geri	Qualequity Access	Position only
FAV	Funk, Kenzie	Strong Schools Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Funk, Kenzie	Strong Schools Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Smith, Delegate Smithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Smith, Delegate Smithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Graham, Lizzy	Individual	Position only
FAV	Smith, Stephanie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
UNF	Sadwin, Rabbi Ariel	Agudath Israel of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sadwin, Rabbi Ariel	Agudath Israel of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sadwin, Ariellobbyist	Maryland CAPE	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sadwin, Ariellobbyist	Maryland CAPE	Written (PDF)
UNF	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
UNF	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FWA	Cross, Dr Cashenna A	Councilwoman At-Large, Glenarden	Written (PDF)
FWA	Murray, Rorylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Murray, Rorylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Agudath Israel of MarylandUNF 2

CASH Campaign of MarylandFAV 2

Councilwoman At-Large, GlenardenFWA 1

Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE)FAV 1

Maryland CAPEUNF 2

Maryland Catholic ConferenceUNF 2

N/AFAV 1

Qualequity AccessFAV 2

Strong Schools MarylandFAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMuckle, LoniaCASH Campaign of MarylandRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland

UNFSadwin, ArielMaryland CAPERegistered for: Agudath Israel of Maryland

UNFO'Day, GarrettMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

FWAMurray, RoryRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Council of Engineering Companies/MD; Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools; Chesapeake Watershed Restoration Professionals; Kaiser Permanente; Lightstar Renewables…