NEWS FROM PSSAM

BILL: SB 394 TITLE: State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal DATE: March 1, 2023 POSITION: Support...

BILL: HB 1219 TITLE: Maryland Educator Shortage Act of 2023 DATE: March 1, 2023 POSITION: Support COMMITTEE: Ways and Means /...

BILL: HB 961 TITLE: State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program DATE: March 1, 2023 POSITION: Support...

BILL: HB 880 TITLE: Education - Public Middle Schools - Course on Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction DATE: March 1, 2023...

PSSAM opposes HB 1054 and supports maintaining the current law, which directs existing protocols for hearing and vision screenings.

PSSAM supports with one amendment, Senate Bill 681 (Virtual Schools–Access to Extracurricular Activities and Athletics)

BILL: HB 514 TITLE: Education - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Annual Appropriation DATE: February...

BILL: SB 573 TITLE: School Health and Vision Services – Screenings and Eye Examinations DATE: February 24, 2023 POSITION: Oppose...

BILL: SB 629 TITLE: Primary and Secondary Education - Policies on Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Revisions DATE: February 24,...

BILL: SB 321 TITLE: Public Schools - Length of School Year and Innovative School Scheduling Models - Revisions DATE: February 22, 2023...

BILL: SB 559 TITLE: Education - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Annual Appropriation DATE: February...

BILL: HB 737 TITLE: Alternative Education Options - Right to Learn and Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Programs...

BILL: HB 770 TITLE: Publicly Funded Full-Day Prekindergarten Program - Tier I Child - Alteration of Definition DATE: February 22, 2023...

BILL: HB 628 TITLE: Primary and Secondary Education – Breakfast and Lunch Programs – Universal Expansion DATE: February 22, 2023...

BILL: SB 300 TITLE: Baltimore City Young Readers Program - Expansion and Alterations DATE: February 22, 2023 POSITION: Support...

BILL: HB 510 TITLE: Public Schools - Length of School Year and Innovative School Scheduling Models - Revisions DATE: February 22, 2023...

BILL: HB 576 TITLE: Primary and Secondary Education - Policies on Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Revisions DATE: February 22,...

BILL: SB 338 TITLE: Primary and Secondary Education - Extended School Year Innovation Grant DATE: February 22, 2023 POSITION: Support...

BILL: SB 551 TITLE: Education - Service Year Option Program - Establishment (Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of...

PSSAM opposes SB 837 in keeping with its longstanding policy of opposing efforts by the General Assembly to codify curriculum standards.