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HB0076 • 2026

Local School Systems - School Safety - Grant Allocations

Local School Systems - School Safety - Grant Allocations

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Delegate Griffith
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Local School Systems - School Safety - Grant Allocations

Authorizing the reallocation of certain school safety grants to local school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate unmet need within the same fiscal year.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizing the reallocation of certain school safety grants to local school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate unmet need within the same fiscal year.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 House

    Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-01-14 House

    First Reading Appropriations

  3. 2025-10-30 House

    Pre-filed

  4. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Local School Systems - School Safety - Grant Allocations

Official Summary Text

Authorizing the reallocation of certain school safety grants to local school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate unmet need within the same fiscal year.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0076*

HOUSE BILL 76
F1 6lr1469
HB 157/25 – APP (PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate Griffith
Requested: October 30, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Appropriations

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Local School Systems – School Safety – Grant Allocations 2

FOR the purpose of authorizing the reallocation of certain school safety grants to local 3
school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate 4
unmet need within the same fiscal year; and generally relating to school safety grant 5
allocations. 6

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Education 8
Section 7–1508(e)(2) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Education 13
Section 7–1508(g) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18

Article – Education 19

7–1508. 20

(e) (2) Beginning with the 2019 –2020 school year, and each school year 21
thereafter, before the school year begins, each local school system shall, in accordance with 22
the plan developed under subsection (d)(2) of this section, file a report identifying: 23

2 HOUSE BILL 76

(i) The public schools in the local school system’s jurisdiction that 1
have a school resource officer assigned to the school; and 2

(ii) If a public school in the local school system’s jurisdiction is not 3
assigned a school resource officer, the adequate local law enforcement coverage that will be 4
provided to the public school. 5

(g) (1) For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall 6
include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the purpose of 7
providing grants to local school systems and local law enforcement agencies to assist in 8
meeting the requirements of subsection (e) of this section. 9

(2) Grants provided under this subsection [shall]: 10

(I) SHALL be made to each local school system based on the number 11
of schools in each school system in proportion to the total number of public schools in the 12
State in the prior year; AND 13

(II) MAY BE REALLOCATED TO LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT 14
HAVE FULLY EXPENDED THEIR ALLOCATION AND DEMONSTRATE NEED WITHIN THE 15
SAME FISCAL YEAR. 16

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17
1, 2026. 18