Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB596: Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures
Status: Introduced, March 12, 2025
Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the service member or other parent or guardian of a dependent child with a disability to note whether the child has an individualized education program or a 504 plan in the sending state; and requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to publish information on advance enrollment.
What the bill says
An act concerning Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures FOR the purpose of requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner…
From the engrossed text, March 11, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures FOR the purpose of requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring a local school system to coordinate with the parents or guardians of a certain child with a disability and the school district in a certain sending state to prevent a delay in transferring the child requiring the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the service member or other parent or guardian of a dependent child with a disability to make a certain note during the registration process; requiring a county board of education to ensure that a dependent child with a disability continues to receive a certain education without undue delay through a certain method; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families, in consultation with certain entities, to publish and maintain certain information on school enrollment and related services for dependent children of service members; and generally relating to school enrollment procedures for dependent children of service members. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 7-115.1 Annotated Code of Maryland EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. Underlining …
Sponsors
- Edith Patterson (D, HD-028) · primary sponsor
- Jason Buckel (R, HD-001B)
- Jon Cardin (D, HD-011)
- Eric Ebersole (D, 44A)
- Jessica Feldmark (D, 12A)
- Dana Jones (D, HD-030)
- Susan McComas (R, HD-034B)
- April Rose (R, 5)
- Chao Wu (D, 9A)
- Vanessa Atterbeary (D)
- Kris Fair (D, 3)
- Michael Griffith (R, HD-035B)
Latest actions
- : Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- : Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- : Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- : Favorable with Amendments {803822/1 Adopted
- : Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- : Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- : First Reading Ways and Means
- : Text - Third - Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures
- : Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means
- : Text - First - Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (138-0) (March 11, 2025): 138 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Public Schools -see also- Primary Schools; Secondary Sch, Military Families, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Parents and Guardians, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Primary and Secondary Education, Disabilities, Veterans and Military Families, Department of
Common questions
- What is HB596?
- HB596 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures.
- What does HB596 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures FOR the purpose of requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner…
- What is the status of HB596?
- Introduced as of March 12, 2025. Latest action: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (March 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB596?
- Edith Patterson (D, HD-028), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB596?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0596?ys=2025RS&search=True
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