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AN ACT concerning Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination FOR the purpose of prohibiting county boards of education and certain schools and prekindergarten programs from taking certain discriminatory actions because of a person’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; authorizing a person alleging discrimination under this Act to file a complaint with the State Superintendent of Schools; requiring the State Superintendent, on receipt of a complaint, to take certain actions including providing notice of the complaint to certain parties, attempting to mediate an agreement, and issuing a decision if a mediation agreement is not reached; providing for the reopening of a complaint and for an appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings; authorizing the State Superintendent to require the Comptroller to withhold funding from a program or school in certain circumstances; requiring certain schools and programs to publish a certain statement as the policy of the State in student handbooks; and generally relating to discrimination by schools, prekindergarten programs, and county boards of education. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 2-303(b) and 4-108 Annotated Code of Maryland (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Education Section 26-701 through 26-705 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 7. Discrimination in Education” Annotated Code of Maryland (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement)

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Jheanelle Wilkins (D)*,  Vanessa Atterbeary (D),  Nick Charles (D),  Jessica Feldmark (D),  Julian Ivey (D),  Julie Palakovich Carr (D),  Edith Patterson (D), 

Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 739 (on 05/29/2022)

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