Maryland HB 342: Education - Health and Safety of Students - Notification of Problematic Student Behavior

Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 342
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HB 1005/20 – W&M (PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate Wilson
Requested: October 29, 2020
Introduced and read first time: January 13, 2021
Assigned to: Ways and Means

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Education – Health and Safety of Students – Notification of Problematic Student 2
Behavior 3

FOR the purpose of requiring certain schools to notify parents or guardians of certain 4
students involved in problematic sexual behavior within a certain time period; 5
requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain schools have a certain 6
policy in place regarding a certain notification; defining certain terms; and generally 7
relating to the health and safety of students and notification of problematic sexual 8
behavior. 9

BY adding to 10
Article – Education 11
Section 7–424.4 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement) 14

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16

Article – Education 17

7–424.4. 18

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19
INDICATED. 20

(2) “INTIMATE PARTS” HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7–424(A) OF 21
THIS SUBTITLE. 22

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(3) “NONPUBLIC SCHOOL” HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7–424.3(A) 1
OF THIS SUBTITLE. 2

(4) “PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL BEHAVIOR” MEANS STUDENT–INITIATED 3
BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES INTIMATE PARTS IN A MANNER THAT IS 4
DEVELOPMENTALLY INAPPROPRIATE AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL TO THE 5
STUDENT OR OTHERS. 6

(B) (1) EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND EACH NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL 7
NOTIFY THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF ALL STUDENTS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT 8
OF PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL BEHAVIOR BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE DAY OF 9
THE INCIDENT. 10

(2) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH PUBLIC 11
SCHOOL HAS A POLICY IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THE NOTIFICATION UNDER 12
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION. 13

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 14
1, 2021. 15