Read the full stored bill text
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.
*hb0436*
HOUSE BILL 436
F3 6lr2111
CF SB 409
By: Delegate Bagnall
Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 7, 2026
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Anne Arundel County Board of Education – Member Compensation and Student 2
Member Scholarship – Increase 3
FOR the purpose of increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other 4
members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; increasing, beginning in 5
a certain year, the scholarship award for a student member of the county board who 6
completes a full term on the county board; and g enerally relating to the 7
compensation of the members and the scholarship of the student member of the Anne 8
Arundel County Board of Education. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Education 11
Section 3–2A–07 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Education 17
3–2A–07. 18
(a) The president of the county board is entitled to receive [$17,000] $25,000 19
annually as compensation, the vice president is entitled to receive [$16,000] $24,000 20
2 HOUSE BILL 436
annually as compensation, and, except for the student member, the other board members 1
are entitled to receive [$15,000] $23,000 each annually as compensation. 2
(b) A student member who completes a full term on the county board shall be 3
granted a scholarship [of $15,000] to be applied toward the student’s higher education costs 4
IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT: 5
(1) $15,000 FOR A TERM THAT BEGINS BEFORE JULY 1, 2029; AND 6
(2) $23,000 FOR A TERM THAT BEGINS ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2029. 7
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 8
III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 9
the salary or compensation of the president, vice president, members, and student member 10
of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education while serving in a term of office beginning 11
before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or 12
compensation of the president, vice president, members, and student member of the Anne 13
Arundel County Board of Education shall take effect at the beginning of the next following 14
term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual appointed or elected after the 15
effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 16
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 17
October 1, 2026. 18
Approved:
________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.
________________________________________________________________________________
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
________________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.