2004 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 17, 2004 - 4:44 p.m.

	EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF	Another Session
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HB 52	Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Kaiser, Hixson, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Howard, King, Marriott, McKee, Murray, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Education - Early Childhood Educational and Developmental Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 83	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Ross
Entitled	Education - Character Education Programs - Study
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 156	Status as of January 28, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Education - Professional Educator Certification Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 218	Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Education - Tax Credit for Employer-Established Paid Work-Based Learning Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 238	Status as of February 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Education - Baltimore City School Board
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 358	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 331
Sponsored By	Delegates Stern, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Costa, Donoghue, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, McConkey, McHale, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Parker, Quinter, Rosenberg, Taylor, and V. Turner
Entitled	Public Schools - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 428	Status as of March 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Cadden, Branch, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, Gilleland, Harrison, James, Love, Mitchell, Moe, Murray, Ramirez, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Education - Full-Day Kindergarten Programs - Schools in Critical Needs or Low Socioeconomic Areas
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 629	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Bozman, C. Davis, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Marriott, and Patterson
Entitled	Adult Education and Literacy Services - Waiting List - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 630	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Hixson
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland Teacher Scholarship Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 704	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Boteler, Brown, Cane, C. Davis, Goodwin, Gordon, Hammen, Harrison, Heller, Impallaria, Jones, Kelley, King, Krysiak, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Marriott, McIntosh, McKee, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Parker, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Quinter, Ramirez, Ross, and Vaughn
Entitled	Blind Industries and Services of Maryland - Powers and Duties
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 740	Status as of May 25, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Simmons and King
Entitled	Safe Schools Reporting Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 759	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, O'Donnell, Costa, Dwyer, and Sossi
Entitled	Education - "Adequate Education" for Students Defined
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 761	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, O'Donnell, Bartlett, Costa, Dwyer, and Sossi
Entitled	Education Reform and State Accountability Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 851	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Bozman, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Marriott, and Patterson
Entitled	Education - Distressed Schools - Performance Incentive Grants
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 860	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, Costa, Frank, Gilleland, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Krebs, Leopold, McConkey, O'Donnell, and Shank
Entitled	Public Libraries - Preventing Internet Access to Obscene Materials - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 901	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Bronrott, Conway, Cryor, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Goldwater, Gordon, Heller, King, Lee, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Murray, Pendergrass, Quinter, Rosenberg, Stern , and Hubbard
Entitled	Education - Geographic Cost of Education Index - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 922	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Mitchell, Arnick, Bohanan, Eckardt, Frank, Jameson, O'Donnell, Owings, and Wood
Entitled	Education - Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Extension of Phase-In
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 969	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Boutin, Bromwell, Brown, and Jennings
Entitled	Commission for the Blind - Establishment
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 988	Status as of April 13, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 65
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Education - Transitioning Students with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 996	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Carter, Anderson, C. Davis, Dwyer, Fulton, McMillan, and Oaks
Entitled	Education - Baltimore City Public Schools - Employee Salaries
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1024	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Children's Health Insurance Outreach Program
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1040	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 530
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Aumann, Boteler, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Hubbard, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Education - Social Workers - Certified Professional Personnel
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1083	Status as of April 1, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, Barve, Brown, Burns, Cardin, Carter, Jones, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Shank, Simmons, Sophocleus, Taylor, and Vallario
Entitled	Department of Juvenile Services - Reorganization and Regionalization
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1117	Status as of April 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Donoghue, Goldwater, Hubbard, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rosenberg, and Rudolph
Entitled	Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1139	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 535
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, Barve, Brown, Burns, Cardin, Carter, Jones, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Shank, Simmons, Sophocleus, Trueschler, Vallario, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Department of Juvenile Services and Department of Education - Enhancement of Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1141	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, Barve, Brown, Burns, Cardin, Carter, Jones, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Shank, Simmons, Sophocleus, Trueschler, and Vallario
Entitled	Juvenile Services - Step-Down Aftercare
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1146	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 536
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Bozman, Burns, Howard, Kirk, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, and Ramirez
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Plan for a System of Outcomes Evaluation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1147	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, Burns, Cardin, and Morhaim
Entitled	Office for Children, Youth, and Families - Residential Child Care Programs - Children in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1153	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate James
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1180	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Carter, Goodwin, Gutierrez, Oaks, and Simmons
Entitled	Correctional Education - Waiting List Reduction Initiative
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1199	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Trueschler
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - Performance Expectations and Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1230	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 307
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson and Edwards (Task Force to Study Public School Facilities) and Delegates Leopold , Conway, Griffith, Ross, Holmes, James, Niemann, Ramirez, Hurson, G. Clagett, Haynes, Madaleno, F. Turner, Stocksdale, Bozman, Boschert, Cardin, Heller, Barkley, Jones, Proctor, Aumann, Branch, Bates, Bohanan, Cadden, DeBoy, Eckardt, Franchot, Frank, Gaines, Mitchell, Paige, Bartlett, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Public School Facilities Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations and Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1254	Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Delegates Proctor, James, Howard, and Vallario
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1273	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Menes
Entitled	Teachers - Certification - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Course Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1280	Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gutierrez, Patterson, Howard, Ramirez, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Carter, Conroy, Cryor, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hurson, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Paige, Petzold, Quinter, Rosenberg, Simmons, Taylor, V. Turner, Vallario, and Vaughn
Entitled	Education - Closing the Signed by the Governor School Recognition Awards
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1322	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Medical Advisory Committee on Physical Evaluations for Student Athletes
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1405	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Haynes, Hammen, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, Murray, Oaks, and Paige
Entitled	Education - Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners - Budget and Audit Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

HB 1442	Status as of April 6, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Cadden
Entitled	Education - Full-Day Kindergarten - Extension
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1505	Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway and Hixson
Entitled	Education Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

HB 1532	Status as of March 31, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale, Hammen, Doory, and Krysiak
Entitled	Tobacco Tax - Tobacco Products other than Cigarettes - Revenues for School Textbooks
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

SB 8	Status as of April 7, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Green and Hollinger
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 199	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Correctional Education - Waiting List Reduction Initiative
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

SB 251	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Klausmeier
Entitled	Commission for the Blind - Establishment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 266	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Conway, and Lawlah
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland Teacher Scholarship Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 267	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Kittleman, and Lawlah
Entitled	Education - Accountability - Teacher Effectiveness Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 308	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Brochin, Haines, Harris, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Stone
Entitled	Education - Teachers - Hiring Retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 331	Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Currie, McFadden, and Middleton
Entitled	Adult Education and Literacy Services - Waiting List - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 503	Status as of April 5, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden and Garagiola
Entitled	Education - Laptop Computer Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 526	Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Conway, Exum, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kittleman, Lawlah, and Pinsky
Entitled	Education - Distressed Schools - Performance Incentive Grants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 543	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 431
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Giannetti, Green, Jimeno, and Forehand
Entitled	Department of Juvenile Services - Facilities and Reform Progress Reporting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 552	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus, Harris, and Kittleman
Entitled	Education - Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act - Extension of Phase-In Period
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 619	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Brinkley, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Giannetti, Green, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Lawlah, McFadden, and Pinsky
Entitled	Blind Industries and Services of Maryland - Powers and Duties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 650	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Kittleman
Entitled	Public Schools - Improvement of Education Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 710	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Della, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hollinger, Lawlah, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Uniform System of Outcomes Evaluation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 754	Status as of April 7, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Approved Work-Based Learning Grant Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 760	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Education - Elementary Schools - Moratorium on Suspensions of Students
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 766	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Department of Juvenile Services - Enhancement of Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 767	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 481
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Juvenile Services - Step-Down Aftercare
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 781	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Office for Children, Youth, and Families - Residential Child Care Programs - Children in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 787	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 306
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan and McFadden (Task Force to Study Public School Facilities)
Entitled	Public School Facilities Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

SB 894	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 148
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, DeGrange, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kittleman, Lawlah, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Hogan, Brinkley, Stoltzfus, and Kramer
Entitled	Education Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means and Appropriations