Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB161: County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies
Status: Chaptered, May 6, 2025
Requiring each county board of education to adopt curriculum guides and courses of study aligned with content standards established by the State Department of Education; establishing a process for correcting discrepancies identified by the State Superintendent of Schools in a county board's curriculum guides and courses of study, including the imposition of certain penalties; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain teachers, to develop content and curriculum standards and resources for each subject at each grade level; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies FOR the purpose of 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…
From the enrolled text, May 8, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies FOR the purpose of 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; requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent's or guardian's student, subject to a certain prohibition and requirement; and generally relating to the establishment of a comprehensive health education framework in public schools. each county board of education to adopt curriculum guides and courses of study aligned with content standards established by the State Department of Education; establishing a process for correcting discrepancies identified by the State Superintendent of Schools in a county board's curriculum guides and courses of study, including the imposition of certain penalties; and generally relating to a county board of education's curriculum guides and courses of study. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 7-401 4-111 and 7-202.1 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY …