Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB1403: Primary and Secondary Education - Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations (Truancy Reduction Act of 2025)
Status: Vetoed, March 10, 2025
Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 30, December 31, March 31, and the last day of the prior school year; and applying the Act to the calculation of education funding for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2026.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Primary and Secondary Education - Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations (Truancy Reduction Act of 2025) FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on certain days of the prior school year; and generally relating to the calculation of State aid for primary and secondary education…
From the introduced text, February 7, 2025:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Primary and Secondary Education - Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations (Truancy Reduction Act of 2025) FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on certain days of the prior school year; and generally relating to the calculation of State aid for primary and secondary education. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Education Section 5-201(a), (e), (f), and (t) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 5-201(g) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Education 5-201. EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from exist in g l aw . *hb1403* HOUSE BILL 1403 (a) In this subtitle, except as otherwise provided, the following words have the meanings indicated. (e) "Enrollment count" means the greater or (2) The 3-year moving average enrollment. (f) "Foundation program" means the product of the annual per pupil foundation amount and a county's enrollment count. (g) "Full-time equivalent enrollment" means the sum …