Sexually Explicit Materials in Schools

HB0282

Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers

Oppose

x

Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means

1/21/2025

Prohibiting sexually explicit materials in elementary, middle, and secondary public school libraries and media centers; defining sexually explicit materials as books and auditory and visual material that contain graphic or obscene depictions of sexual activity that are not age-appropriate or used as part of the approved instructional materials for instruction on family life and human sexuality as part of a certain program; etc.

Blueprint Alterations

HB1245

Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (Appropriations)

Appropriations

Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of 'Tier I child' for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.

Blueprint Alterations

HB1461

Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

Oppose

Unfavorable Report by Appropriations; Withdrawn

Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.

Blueprint Alterations

SB0852

Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of 'Tier I child' for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.

Parental Rights

HB1385

Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights

Oppose

Hearing 3/03 at 11:00 a.m.

Ways and Means

Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy; etc.

Parental Rights

SB0948

Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights

Oppose

Hearing 3/07 at 9:00 a.m.

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; and establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy.

Antibias Training for School Boards

HB0324

County Boards of Education - Antibias Training for Members - Requirement (County Board Member Antibias Training Act)

Support

Returned Passed

Governor

Requiring each member of a county board of education to complete certain antibias training at least once during the member's term.

Antibias Training for School Boards

SB0293

County Boards of Education - Antibias Training for Members - Requirement (County Board Member Antibias Training Act)

Support

Returned Passed

Governor

Requiring each member of a county board of education to complete certain antibias training at least once during the member's term; and requiring that the antibias training be conducted separately from certain other required public school employee training.

Comprehensive Health Education

HB0161

County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies

Support

Passed Enrolled

Governor

Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; and requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of the family life and human sexuality topics for a certain student, subject to a certain prohibition.

Educate to Stop the Hate Act

SB0916

Education - Curriculum Standards - Requirements (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)

Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Requiring that certain curriculum guides and courses of study established by county boards of education be aligned with certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain content standards; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.

Asian-American History Curriculum

HB1323

Education - Public Schools - Asian American History Curriculum Requirement

Hearing 3/05 at 1:15 p.m.

Ways and Means

Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a unit of instruction on Asian American history in public schools in the State; requiring each county board of education to implement the Asian American history curriculum content standards in each public school in the county beginning in the 2026-2027 school year; and requiring each county superintendent of schools to ensure compliance with the Act.

Required Parental Counseling

HB1313

Education - Student Behavior - Parent and Guardian Notice and Required Counseling (Parent and Guardian Accountability Act)

Hearing 3/05 at 1:15 p.m.

Ways and Means

Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and requiring a public school principal to provide a certain written notice to the parent or guardian of a student who engages in two or more incidents of violent and disruptive behavior on school premises or during school-related activities during the school year.

Importance of Diversity Curricula

HJ0005

Elementary and Secondary Education - Curriculum - Importance of Diversity

Support

Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m.

Rules and Executive Nominations

Acknowledging the importance of teaching a culturally diverse curriculum in elementary and secondary schools in the State; providing that curricula taught in elementary and secondary schools should include the history of communities that have experienced discrimination; and affirming the State of Maryland's commitment to a complete education.

Importance of Diversity Curricula

SJ0005

Elementary and Secondary Education - Curriculum - Importance of Diversity

Support

Hearing 3/07 at 9:00 a.m.

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Acknowledging the importance of teaching a culturally diverse curriculum in elementary and secondary schools in the State; providing that curricula taught in elementary and secondary schools should include the history of communities that have experienced discrimination; and affirming the State of Maryland's commitment to a complete education.

Colleges - Antihate and Antidiscrimination

HB1462

Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)

Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m.

Appropriations

Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.

Colleges - Antihate and Antidiscrimination

SB0847

Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)

Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.