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MD SB714
Bill
Status
1/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Benjamin Brooks
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AI Summary
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State Department of Education must publish all discipline-related data in downloadable electronic spreadsheet format on its website at state, local school system, and individual school levels, disaggregated by grade, race, ethnicity, disability status (including 504 plans and IEPs), socioeconomic status, English language proficiency, and gender
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Elementary schools suspending 10% or more of students in any subgroup and secondary schools suspending 25% or more are classified as "high-suspending," triggering required corrective action plans
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Department must maintain a 2.0 risk ratio and state comparison threshold to identify schools with disproportionate disciplinary impact on minority, disabled, or English language learner students
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Schools identified as high-suspending or having disproportionate impact must submit plans to the State Board to reduce the disparity within 1 year and eliminate it within 3 years
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Annual reporting to the Governor and General Assembly required by October 1, 2026, and each year thereafter, with privacy protections for subgroups with fewer than 10 students
Legislative Description
Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication
Records
Last Action
Hearing 2/21 at 9:30 a.m.
2/19/2025