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HB0505 • 2026

Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation

Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation

Education
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Delegates Smith , Acevero , Davis , J. Long , and Toles
Last action
2026-03-20
Official status
In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation

Requiring a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school receiving transfer of a student to accept certain unofficial documents to satisfy the academic records requirement from the sending school in the event that a dispute between the sending school and the student has caused the sending school to deny the request for the official academic transcript and records of the transferring student.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school receiving transfer of a student to accept certain unofficial documents to satisfy the academic records requirement from the sending school in the event that a dispute between the sending school and the student has caused the sending school to deny the request for the official academic transcript and records of the transferring student.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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233628/1

None

Favorable with Amendments { 233628/1 Adopted

Plain English: AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 505 (First Reading File Bill) On page 2, in line 5, strike “ STANDARDIZED” and substitute “ SUBJECT– RELEVANT STANDARDIZE D”; in line 6, after the semicolon insert “ OR”; strike beginning with “COPIES” in line 7 down through “ (5)” in line 8; and strike beginning with the semicolon in line 10 down through “SCHOOL” in line 14.

  • AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 505 (First Reading File Bill) On page 2, in line 5, strike “ STANDARDIZED” and substitute “ SUBJECT– RELEVANT STANDARDIZE D”; in line 6, after the semicolon insert “ OR”; strike beginning with “COPIES” in line 7 down through “ (5)” in line 8; and strike beginning with the semicolon in line 10 down through “SCHOOL” in line 14.
  • HB0505/233628/1 BY: Ways and Means Committee

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-20 Senate

    Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-03-11 House

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

  3. 2026-03-01 House

    Third Reading Passed (120-11)

  4. 2026-02-28 House

    Favorable with Amendments { 233628/1 Adopted

  5. 2026-02-28 House

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  6. 2026-02-28 Senate

    Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

  7. 2026-02-04 House

    Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

  8. 2026-01-27 House

    First Reading Ways and Means

  9. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation

  10. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means

  11. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation

Official Summary Text

Requiring a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school receiving transfer of a student to accept certain unofficial documents to satisfy the academic records requirement from the sending school in the event that a dispute between the sending school and the student has caused the sending school to deny the request for the official academic transcript and records of the transferring student.

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HOUSE BILL 505
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By: Delegates Smith, Acevero, Davis, J. Long, and Toles
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: February 28, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Public and Nonpublic Schools – Student School Transfers – Academic Records 2
Documentation 3

FOR the purpose of requiring a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school 4
receiving transfer of a student to accept certain unofficial documents to satisfy the 5
academic records requirement from the sending school under certain circumstances; 6
and generally relating to academic records documentation of students transferring 7
schools. 8

BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 7–118 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL A SSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15

Article – Education 16

7–118. 17

(A) IN THIS SECTION , “SCHOOL” MEANS A PUBLIC OR NO NPUBLIC 18
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. 19

2 HOUSE BILL 505

(B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF A STUDENT TRANSFERRING SCHOOLS, IF A 1
RECEIVING SCHOOL ’S REQUEST FOR THE OF FICIAL ACADEMIC TRAN SCRIPT AND 2
RECORDS OF THE TRANSFERRING STUDENT ARE DENIED BY THE SENDING SCHOOL 3
DUE TO A DISPUTE BET WEEN THE SENDING SCH OOL AND THE STUDENT , THE 4
RECEIVING SCHOOL SHA LL ACCEPT THE FOLLOW ING DOCUMENTAT ION FOR THE 5
SOLE PURPOSE OF ALLO WING THE STUDENT TO CONTINUE THE STUDENT ’S 6
EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE RECEIVING SCHOOL: 7

(1) AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT; 8

(2) REPORT CARDS PROVIDED BY THE STUDENT; 9

(3) STANDARDIZED SUBJECT–RELEVANT STANDARDIZE D TEST 10
SCORE REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE STUDENT; OR 11

(4) COPIES OF AWARDS AND HONORS DOCUMENTS; 12

(5) UNOFFICIAL ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCORE REPOR TS OR 13
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME EXAMINATION 14
RESULTS; OR 15

(6) ANY OTHER UNOFFICIAL RECORD OR COPY OF A DOCUMENT 16
REGARDING THE TRANSF ERRING STUDENT’S ACADEMIC RECORD TH AT PROVIDES 17
EVIDENCE OF THE STUDENT’S COURSE OF STUDY AND RECORD OF PROGRESS AT THE 18
SENDING SCHOOL. 19

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

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