SB 350

Public Schools - Open Enrollment - Policies and Funding

Sponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (District 22)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Unfavorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment; Withdrawn (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a county board of education to adopt an open enrollment policy to authorize certain students to attend, free of charge, a public school in a county other than the county where the student is domiciled with the student's parent or guardian, subject to certain requirements; requiring county boards to include certain students in full-time equivalent enrollment counts; and directing certain funding to the county in which certain students are enrolled in a public school under an open enrollment policy.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list

FAV 10FavorableUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	DeRoche, Tim	Available to All	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cosby, Tafshier	National Parents Union	Written (PDF)
FAV	Moreno, Christy	National Parents Union	Written (PDF)
FAV	Saslow, Rianna	National Parents Union	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Allen, Jason	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoang, Lien	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kingsbury, Ian	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Washington, A., Senator Washington, A.legislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	miller, juanita	Individual	Oral
UNF	Sterrette, Dawana	Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sunderman, Gail	League of Women Voters Maryland (LWVMD)	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mathias, Sam	Maryland Association of Boards of Education	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lamb, Laurenlobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Anderson, Zaniah	Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Riley, Deniselobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Margolis, Leslielobbyist	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilson, Christopher	Reason Foundation	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Available to AllFAV 1

Baltimore City Board of School CommissionersUNF 1

Disability Rights MarylandINFO 1

League of Women Voters Maryland (LWVMD)UNF 1

Maryland Association of Boards of EducationUNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland State Education AssociationUNF 1

National Parents UnionFAV 3

Public School Superintendents' Association of MarylandUNF 1

Reason FoundationINFO 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

UNFLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association

UNFRiley, DeniseRegistered for: American Federation of Teachers - Maryland

INFOMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland