HB0089 • 2026

Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education - Baltimore County Public Schools - Memorandum of Understanding

Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Baltimore County Delegation
Last action: 2026-03-22
Official status: In the Senate - Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Hettleman) Adopted
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education - Baltimore County Public Schools - Memorandum of Understanding

Requiring the Inspector General of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education to pursue a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore County Inspector General on matters pertaining to the Baltimore County public school system.

What This Bill Does

Requiring the Inspector General of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education to pursue a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore County Inspector General on matters pertaining to the Baltimore County public school system.

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Amendments

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833025/1

None

Favorable with Amendments { 833025/1 Adopted

Plain English: AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 89 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.

AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 89 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.
1 On page 1, in the sponsor line, strike “ Delegate Nawrocki ” and substitute “Baltimore County Delegation”; strike in their entirety lines 2 and 3 and substitute “Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education – Baltimore County Public Schools – Memorandum of Understanding ”; strike beginning with “authorizing” in line 4 down through “Schools.” in line 7 and substitute “ requiring the Inspector General of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education to pursue a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore County Inspector General on matters pertaining to the Baltimore County public school system; and generally relating to the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education and the Baltimore County public school system.”; and strike in their entirety lines 8 through 12, inclusive, and substitute: “BY adding to Article – Education Section 9.10–106 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)”.
AMENDMENT NO.
2 On pages 1 and 2, strike in their entirety the lines beginning with line 15 on page 1 through line 2 on page 2, inclusive, and substitute: “Article – Education 9.10–106.

Bill History

2026-04-09 Senate
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-23 Senate
Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-22 Senate
Favorable
2026-03-22 Senate
Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Hettleman) Adopted
2026-03-19 House
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2026-03-07 House
Third Reading Passed (128-0)
2026-03-06 House
Favorable with Amendments { 833025/1 Adopted
2026-03-06 House
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-04 Senate
Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-01-14 House
First Reading Ways and Means
2026-01-14 House
Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-09-30 House
Pre-filed
Maryland General Assembly
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Maryland General Assembly
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Maryland General Assembly
Text - Third - Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education - Baltimore County Public Schools - Memorandum of Understanding
Maryland General Assembly
Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the Environment

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Inspector General of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education to pursue a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore County Inspector General on matters pertaining to the Baltimore County public school system.

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
*hb0089*

HOUSE BILL 89
L2, F3 6lr1022
(PRE–FILED) CF SB 15
By: Delegate Nawrocki Baltimore County Delegation
Requested: September 30, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 6, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Baltimore County – Inspector General – Authority Over Baltimore County 2
Public Schools 3
Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education – Baltimore County 4
Public Schools – Memorandum of Understanding 5

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Council of Baltimore County to enact a local 6
law granting the Baltimore County Office of the Inspector General certain authority 7
over Baltimore County Public Schools; and generally relating to the Baltimore 8
County Office of the Inspector General and Baltimore County Public Schools. 9
requiring the Inspector General of the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for 10
Education to pursue a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore County 11
Inspector General on matters pertaining to the Baltimore County public school 12
system; and generally relating to the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for 13
Education and the Baltimore County public school system. 14

BY adding to 15
The Public Local Laws of Baltimore County 16
Section 3–14–113 17
Article 3 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 18
(2015 Edition and May 2024 Supplement, as amended) 19

BY adding to 20
Article – Education 21
Section 9.10–106 22
2 HOUSE BILL 89

Annotated Code of Maryland 1
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 2

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 3
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 4

Article 3 – Baltimore County 5

3–14–113. 6

BEGINNING IN 2027, THE COUNTY COUNCIL MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, GRANT TO 7
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL THE SAME AUTH ORITY OVER BALTIMORE COUNTY 8
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS OVER A DE PARTMENT OF 9
COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 10

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 11
Assembly that if the Baltimore County Council adopts a local law to grant the Baltimore 12
County Inspector General authority over Baltimore County Public Schools under Section 1 13
of this Act, that the local law shall take effect at the beginning of the next following term 14
of office of the Inspector General. 15

Article – Education 16

9.10–106. 17

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO BALTIMORE COUNTY. 18

(B) THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL PURSUE A MEMORANDUM OF 19
UNDERSTANDING WITH T HE BALTIMORE COUNTY INSPECTOR GENERAL ON 20
MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 21

SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
October 1, 2026. 23

Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.