MD HB1310

High school students who experience the death of a parent from reproductive cancer (breast, cervical, or uterine cancer) may request a "traumatic loss notation" on their official transcript to indicate academic impact

Students must submit a request form along with either the parent's death certificate or a letter from a licensed health care provider verifying the cause of death

The State Department of Education must develop standard privacy-protective language for the notation, referring to it as either "a documented compelling personal circumstance" or "an exceptional hardship acknowledgement"

Students under 18 may include a personal letter describing their circumstances with surviving parent approval, and students may request removal of the notation at any time

High school counselors must inform students and surviving parents about the transcript notation option when they learn a student has experienced a qualifying traumatic loss; effective July 1, 2026