Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB14: County Boards of Education - Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Information Collection and Reporting Requirements
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Altering the contents of a certain bullying, harassment, or intimidation form to require, if the incident is believed to have been motivated in whole or in substantial part by certain actual or perceived personal characteristics, identification of those personal characteristics, if known; requiring each county board of education to report information about groups with certain characteristics under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Education to establish certain standards by July 1, 2027; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning County Boards of Education - Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Information Collection and Reporting Requirements FOR the purpose of altering the contents of a certain bullying, harassment, or intimidation form to require the identification of certain information; requiring each county board of education to report information about groups with certain characteristics under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Education to establish certain standards by a certain date…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning County Boards of Education - Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Information Collection and Reporting Requirements FOR the purpose of altering the contents of a certain bullying, harassment, or intimidation form to require the identification of certain information; requiring each county board of education to report information about groups with certain characteristics under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Education to establish certain standards by a certain date; requiring each county board of education to post certain information on its website in a certain manner on or before a certain date each year; and generally relating to bullying, harassment, or intimidation and county boards of education. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 7-424 Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Education 7-424. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Bullying, harassment, or intimidation" means intentional conduct, including verbal, physical, or written conduct, or an intentional electronic communication, that: (i) Creates a hostile educational environment by substantially interfering with a student's educational benefits, opportunities, or performance, or with a student's physical or psychological well-being and is: 1. Motivated by an actual or a perceived …