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Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the employees of the Baltimore County Public Library; and altering certain provisions to provide that an employee may be deemed a certain management employee, rather than a supervisory employee, under certain circumstances.

Requiring the Inspector General of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education to pursue a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore County Inspector General on matters pertaining to the Baltimore County public school system.

Altering the membership of the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission, from 19 to 21 members, to include one representative of the Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, one representative from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3, Council 434, and one representative of the Citizens Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education.

Authorizing the County Council of Baltimore County, beginning in 2027, to enact a local law granting the Baltimore County Office of the Inspector General the same authority over Baltimore County Public Schools that the Inspector General has over a department of county government; etc.

Establishing the Summer Academy for Mathematics and Service Pilot Program within the Maryland Department of Labor to provide targeted instruction in a 6-week course offered during summer break to eligible students in Charles County who are not proficient in algebra or geometry; requiring the Charles County public school system to implement the Program; and requiring the Department to provide grants to the Charles County public school system for the Program.

Requiring certain members of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be elected from certain districts in certain elections; and requiring the chair of the Baltimore County delegation to the General Assembly to introduce legislation to reapportion certain school board districts in a certain manner after each decennial census of the United States.

Altering the membership of the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission, from 19 to 21 members, to include one representative of the Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, one representative from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3, Council 434, and one representative of the Citizens Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education.

Requiring certain members of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be elected from certain districts in certain elections; and requiring the chair of the Baltimore County delegation to the General Assembly to introduce legislation to reapportion certain school board districts in a certain manner after each decennial census of the United States.

Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to enact a local law to regulate certain procurement activities of the Prince George's County public school system and Prince George's Community College; and requiring certain procurement preference programs for procurements made by the Prince George's County Board of Education or the Board of Community College Trustees for Prince George's County to be subject to certain requirements adopted by the governing body of Prince George's County.

Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain certification form; establishing that the credit equals the qualified employee's hourly wage rate times the number of parental leave hours used by the employee during the taxable year, up to $800; making the credit refundable under certain circumstances; etc.

Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the employees of the Baltimore County Public Library; and altering certain provisions to provide that an employee may be deemed a certain management employee, rather than a supervisory employee, under certain circumstances.

Increasing the compensation of the president, the vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of the board who completes a full term on the board for a term that begins on or after July 1, 2029.

Requiring, subject to certain conditions, the Prince George's County Board of Education to provide, at no charge, drink spiking detection products and drug detection strips to public high school students in the county through school-based health clinics or school libraries beginning in the 2026-2027 school year; and requiring each public high school in the county to submit a certain report to Maryland's Office of Overdose Response on or before October 1 each year.

Establishing the Prince George's County Teen Pregnancy Support Program to provide certain students attending a public high school in Prince George's County with certain assistance relating to child care and parenting; requiring the Circuit Court for Prince George's County to collect a $100 fee in certain cases pertaining to child support; and requiring the revenue generated from the fee to be remitted to the Prince George's County Board of Education and used to support the Prince George's County Teen Pregnancy Support Program.

Requiring an election of members of the Calvert County, Cecil County, Garrett County, Montgomery County, Queen Anne's County, and St. Mary's County boards of education who represent a specific district to be decided by a plurality of the votes cast within that district.

Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education and the Board of Community College Trustees for Prince George's County to accept as a registered vendor any person that is registered as a vendor with Prince George's County; and authorizing the Prince George's County Board of Education and the Board of Community College Trustees for Prince George's County to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with Prince George's County.

Increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of the board who completes a full term on the board for a term that begins on or after July 1, 2029.

Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College Access Grant.

Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for the chair and regular members of the board to be $6,000 and $5,000, respectively; establishing a scholarship for a student member of the board to be used for the student's higher education; and altering the actions the board may take during an executive session.

Altering the compensation of an elected member and the president of the Montgomery County Board of Education to be based on the compensation of certain members of the General Assembly other than the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that is in effect at the beginning of the elected member's term.

Requiring, beginning in 2032, the election of a member of the Cecil County Council to represent a specific residency district to be decided by a plurality of the votes cast within that district; and requiring the election of a member of the Cecil County Board of Education from a county council residency district to be decided by a plurality of the votes cast within that district.

Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop curriculum resources and develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public schools.

Repealing provisions of law related to the Baltimore City Public School Board Community Panel; altering the process for appointments to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring the Mayor of Baltimore City to hold a public hearing to select qualified candidates for appointment to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring that appointed members and members appointed to fill a vacancy of an appointed or elected member are subject to confirmation by the Senate of Maryland; etc.

Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 2 years before the displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services.

Authorizing the governing body of Charles County to enact a local law granting an inspector general established by the county certain authority over Charles County Public Schools.

Requiring the Montgomery County public school system to identify and publish certain data on food procured from certified local farms and certified Chesapeake invasive species providers during the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the Montgomery County public school system to set certain targets for the 2028-2029, 2030-2031, 2031-2032, 2033-2034, and 2036-2037 school years; requiring the Montgomery County public school system, in coordination with the Office of Food Systems Resilience and public input, to establish a certain plan; etc.

Authorizing the Talbot County Board of Education to operate schools within the county using a school scheduling model that eliminates early dismissal days to allow for less than 180 school days if the minimal hours of attendance are met; and requiring the county board to offer certain hourly employees an opportunity to make up lost wages under certain circumstances.

Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education and County Superintendent, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, to include certain funds in their annual budget to certain individuals hired as one-to-one student aides; requiring the County Superintendent, or the County Superintendent's designee, to provide certain quarterly updates to the county board and the State Department of Education; etc.

Authorizing the Talbot County Board of Education to operate all the schools within the county using a scheduling model that eliminates early dismissal days to allow for less than 180 school days if the minimal hours of attendance are met; and requiring a school operating under a certain scheduling model to provide certain employees an opportunity to make up lost wages.

Requiring the Prince George's County government to develop an implementation and financing plan to expand access to high-quality early childhood education and child care in Prince George's County for children from birth through 3 years; requiring the county government to consult with certain entities; and requiring the plan to include certain analyses.

Increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education from $4,000 and $3,500 to $6,000 and $5,500, respectively.

Increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education from $4,000 and $3,500 to $6,000 and $5,500, respectively.

Requiring the Montgomery County Board of Education to close public schools in the county to students beginning in the 2027-2028 school year in observance of Yom Kippur and Juneteenth and to observe the first day of Diwali, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year, and Rosh Hashanah.

Authorizing the Montgomery County Board of Education to require public schools within the county to be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 school days or a minimum of 1,080 school hours instead of both during a 10-month period under certain circumstances; requiring a school open fewer than 180 days or the minimal number of hours to provide employees who earn an hourly wage to make up lost wages; and requiring a report to the Department of Education and the General Assembly on schools open fewer than a certain number of days or hours.

Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education and County Superintendent, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, to include certain funds in their annual budget to certain individuals hired as one-to-one student aides; requiring the County Superintendent, or the County Superintendent's designee, to provide certain quarterly updates to the county board and the State Department of Education; etc.

Altering the membership of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be composed of nine members elected from each of the nine councilmanic districts of Baltimore County as they exist after a certain date and two appointed members at large beginning with the 2030 general election.

Requiring, in the submission of the annual budget to the Howard County Council, the Howard County Executive to include the percentage of the county's general fund revenue, excluding one-time expenses, that is allocated to the operating budget of the Howard County Board of Education and operating costs associated with the Howard County school system; requiring that a copy of the budget be placed on the county board's public-facing website, in an easily identifiable location; etc.

Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to close public schools in the county to students beginning in the 2027-2028 school year in observance of Yom Kippur and Juneteenth and to observe the first day of Diwali, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year, and Rosh Hashanah.

Altering the matters on which the student member of the Howard County Board of Education may vote.

Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College Access Grant; and altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County.

Requiring the Baltimore County Board of Education to provide historical budget data from the previous three fiscal years, vendor contract awards for certain fiscal years, quarterly expense reports, school-level enrollment data for the current fiscal year, and the status of all capital improvement projects in a publicly available online format.

Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for the chair and regular members of the board to be $6,000 and $5,000, respectively; and altering the actions the board may take during an executive session.

Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a constituent services liaison before the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the terms of the employment agreement for the constituent services liaison; providing that the constituent services liaison is subject to removal by the president of the county board under certain circumstances; etc.

Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a company that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 2 years before the displacement of a company that has been providing student bus transportation services.

Altering the salaries of the County Commissioners of Calvert County, the president and members of the Calvert County Board of Education, and the County Treasurer of Calvert County; repealing a provision that the salary of State's Attorneys shall take effect at the beginning of the elected term of office and may not increase during the term of office; altering certain retirement benefits for the County Treasurer of Calvert County; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of certain incumbent officials; etc.

Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to close public schools in the county to students beginning in the 2027-2028 school year in observance of Yom Kippur and Juneteenth and to observe the first day of Diwali, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year, and Rosh Hashanah.