2026 Regular Session
HB490
Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions
Extending the time period during which a certain method is used to calculate compensatory education enrollment through fiscal year 2027; altering the qualifications for an initial teacher certificate; requiring the State Department of Education to suspend operation of the Expert Review Team Program during the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board and the Department to identify a methodology for counting low-income students for purposes of certain funding formulas; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
100 yea–32 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 30, 2026 · House
Appropriations
January 27, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (100-32) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments {653421/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
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House Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
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House Reassigned to Appropriations Ways and Means
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House First Reading Ways and Means