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HB0948 • 2026

Education - Public Schools - Grading Rubrics

Education - Public Schools - Grading Rubrics

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Delegate Hutchinson
Last action
2026-02-23
Official status
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Education - Public Schools - Grading Rubrics

Prohibiting a public school from utilizing a grading rubric in which 50 represents the lowest score possible for certain students; and authorizing a public school to utilize a grading rubric in which 50 represents the lowest score possible for students who require special education services.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibiting a public school from utilizing a grading rubric in which 50 represents the lowest score possible for certain students; and authorizing a public school to utilize a grading rubric in which 50 represents the lowest score possible for students who require special education services.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-23 House

    Withdrawn by Sponsor

  2. 2026-02-12 House

    Hearing canceled

  3. 2026-02-11 House

    Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

  4. 2026-02-05 House

    First Reading Ways and Means

  5. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Education - Public Schools - Grading Rubrics

  6. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means

Official Summary Text

Prohibiting a public school from utilizing a grading rubric in which 50 represents the lowest score possible for certain students; and authorizing a public school to utilize a grading rubric in which 50 represents the lowest score possible for students who require special education services.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0948*

HOUSE BILL 948
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By: Delegate Hutchinson
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Education – Public Schools – Grading Rubrics 2

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a public school from utilizing a certain grading rubric for 3
certain students; authorizing a public school to utilize a certain grading rubric for 4
students who require special education services; and generally relating to grading 5
rubrics in public schools. 6

BY adding to 7
Article – Education 8
Section 7–213 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13

Article – Education 14

7–213. 15

(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, A PUBLIC 16
SCHOOL MAY NOT USE A GRADING RUBRIC IN WHICH 50 REPRESENTS THE LOWEST 17
SCORE POSSIBLE. 18

(B) A PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY US E A GRADING RUBRIC I N WHICH 50 19
REPRESENTS THE LOWEST SCORE POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL 20
EDUCATION SERVICES. 21

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