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HB649 - Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Wage Range Transparency
Jennifer White Holland, Heather Bagnall, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employer to set the wage range disclosed in good faith; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and make available to employers a form that an employer may use to comply with certain wage disclosure requirements; prohibiting certain retaliatory action by an employer; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1386 - Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements
Vanessa Atterbeary, Kris Fair, Jessica Feldmark
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1257 - Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Jackie Addison, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, a comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; requiring a county board of education to use the comprehensive plan if the county board chooses to establish a Restorative Practices School; and requiring the Department to report by December 1, 2025, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices in Schools.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB837 - More Opportunities for Career-Focused Students Act of 2024
Chao Wu, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform students about opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand in the State; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB522 - Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access
Dana Jones, Kris Fair, Eric D. Ebersole
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on the premises of public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to adopt and implement a certain student telehealth policy before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
STATUS
Passed
HB1167 - Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established
Linda Foley, Dalya Attar, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board by September 1, 2026; and authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill.
STATUS
Passed
HB1237 - State Department of Education - Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System
April Fleming Miller, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan and make recommendations to maintain and upgrade the system or to replace it with another platform; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1441 - Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations
Vanessa Atterbeary, Eric D. Ebersole, Kris Fair
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Altering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for funding to lease space for prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder; requiring the Department of Education to establish prekindergarten provider hubs; requiring the Department to distribute a list of eligible private prekindergarten providers; requiring the Governor to appropriate in fiscal year 2026 an amount that is at least equal to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2024; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Maryland district HD-028
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Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Edith Jerry Patterson is running for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture in the 2022 election. Patterson was born in Caldwell, TX in 1959. Patterson graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science. She later obtained a Master's degree in Agriculture from Texas A&M University. Patterson has worked as an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor. She served on the Burleson County Commissioner's Court. Patterson currently owns a cow-calf operation and hay farm.read less
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