HB1032
MD
introduced
Prekindergarten Programs and Primary and Secondary Schools - Student Privacy Policy Requirements and Discrimination Reporting
Secondary Schools
Parents and Guardians
Early Childhood Education
Gender Identity and Expression
Education - Miscellaneous
Ethnic Affairs
Privacy
Private Schools
Racial Matters
Personal Identifying Information
Primary and Secondary Education
Disclosure
Reports
Students
Age
Disabilities
Age of Majority
Gender
Names
Primary Schools
Transportation
Public Schools
Education
Records
Discrimination
complaints
Time
Religion
Sexual Orientation
Plain-English summary
1. **ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:** This bill requires public and nonpublic schools in Maryland to implement student privacy policies and report discrimination incidents starting in 2027.
2. **KEY REQUIREMENTS:**
- Adopt written student privacy policies and procedures.
- Nonpublic prekindergarten programs and schools must report incidents of alleged discrimination to the State Department of Education annually.
3. **DEADLINES:**
- Compliance with student privacy policy adoption is immediate upon the bill's passage.
- Reporting of discrimination incidents begins on September 1, 2027.
- Annual reports on findings and trends are due by December 31, 2027.
4. **PENALTIES:**
- Noncompliance may lead to penalties imposed by the State Department of Education, although specific fines are not detailed in the bill.
5. **SMB IMPACT:** Small businesses operating nonpublic schools or prekindergarten programs will need to develop and implement privacy policies, as well as establish a system for tracking and reporting discrimination incidents, which may require additional administrative resources.
Source description
Requiring public and nonpublic primary and secondary schools to adopt certain written student privacy policies and procedures; requiring nonpublic prekindergarten programs and nonpublic primary and secondary schools, beginning September 1, 2027, to report the number of incidents of alleged discrimination to the State Department of Education annually; and requiring, beginning December 31, 2027, the submission of an annual report discussing relevant findings and trends for the immediately preceding reporting period.
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