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HB0473 • 2026

Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size

Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Delegates Feldmark , Acevero , Allen , Behler , Boyce , Charkoudian , Coley , Fair , Hill , Lehman , Palakovich Carr , Ruth , Solomon , Terrasa , Watson , and Ziegler
Last action
2026-01-28
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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Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size

Repealing the prohibition on a public school employer negotiating the maximum number of students assigned to a class.

What This Bill Does

  • Repealing the prohibition on a public school employer negotiating the maximum number of students assigned to a class.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-28 House

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

  2. 2026-01-23 House

    First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

  3. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size

Official Summary Text

Repealing the prohibition on a public school employer negotiating the maximum number of students assigned to a class.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0473*

HOUSE BILL 473
F1, F5 6lr1262
HB 1074/20 – W&M
By: Delegates Feldmark, Acevero, Allen, Behler, Boyce, Charkoudian, Coley, Fair,
Hill, Lehman, Palakovich Carr, Ruth, Solomon, Terrasa, Watson, and
Ziegler
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Education – Collective Bargaining – Certificated Employees – Class Size 2

FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition on a public school employer negotiating the 3
maximum number of students assigned to a class; and generally relating to collective 4
bargaining for public school employees. 5

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 6–406(c)(1), (2), and (4) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Education 12
Section 6–406(c)(3) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17

Article – Education 18

6–406. 19

(c) (1) On request a public school employer or at least two of its designated 20
representatives shall meet and negotiate with at least two representatives of the employee 21
organization that is designated as the exclusive negotiating agent for the public school 22
employees in a unit of the county on all matters that relate to: 23
2 HOUSE BILL 473

(i) Salaries, wages, hours, and other working conditions, including 1
procedures regarding employee transfers and assignments; 2

(ii) The structure, time, and manner of the access of the exclusive 3
representative to a public school empl oyer’s new employee processing as required under § 4
6–405 of this subtitle; and 5

(iii) A career ladder for educators established under Subtitle 10 of 6
this title. 7

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a public school 8
employer or at least two of its designated representatives may negotiate with at least two 9
representatives of the employee organization that is designated as the exclusive negotiating 10
agent for the public school employees in a unit of the county on other matters that are 11
mutually agreed to by the employer and the employee organization. 12

(3) A public school employer may not negotiate the school calendar [, the 13
maximum number of students assigned to a class, ] or any matter that is precluded by 14
applicable statutory law. 15

(4) A matter that is not subject to negotiation under paragraph (2) of this 16
subsection because it has not been mutually agreed to by the employer and the employee 17
organization may not be raised in any action taken to resolve an impasse under subsection 18
(e) of this section. 19

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
1, 2026. 21