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HB0024 • 2026

County Boards of Education - Volunteer Aides - School Chaplain

County Boards of Education - Volunteer Aides - School Chaplain

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Metzgar
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
In the House - Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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County Boards of Education - Volunteer Aides - School Chaplain

Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide support services to students.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide support services to students.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 House

    First Reading Ways and Means

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. 2025-10-14 House

    Pre-filed

  4. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - County Boards of Education - Volunteer Aides - School Chaplain

Official Summary Text

Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide support services to students.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0024*

HOUSE BILL 24
F1 6lr1191
HB 1395/25 – W&M (PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate Metzgar
Requested: October 14, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

County Boards of Education – Volunteer Aides – School Chaplain 2

FOR the purpose of authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a 3
volunteer aide in schools to provide services to students; and generally relating to 4
county boards of education and volunteer aides. 5

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 6–106 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12

Article – Education 13

6–106. 14

(a) (1) Each county board may use volunteer aides in school activities in its 15
county. 16

(2) A COUNTY BOARD MAY USE A CHAPLAIN AS A VOLUNTEER AIDE IN 17
SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO STUDENTS. 18

(b) A volunteer aide may not be used to supplant educational personnel but shall 19
be used to assist regular employees in their assignments. 20

(c) Each county superintendent shall establish guidelines for the use of volunteer 21
2 HOUSE BILL 24

aides in the school system of the superintendent’s county. 1

(d) A volunteer aide is considered an agent of the county board for the limited 2
purposes of: 3

(1) Comprehensive liability insurance coverage u nder § 4 –105 of this 4
article; and 5

(2) Workers’ compensation coverage under the Maryland Workers’ 6
Compensation Act. 7

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 8
1, 2026. 9