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HB1028 • 2026

Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase

Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase

Education Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Caroline County Delegation
Last action
2026-03-24
Official status
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase

Increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education from $4,000 and $3,500 to $6,000 and $5,500, respectively.

What This Bill Does

  • Increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education from $4,000 and $3,500 to $6,000 and $5,500, respectively.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Favorable Report by Ways and Means

  2. 2026-03-26 House

    Third Reading Passed (131-1)

  3. 2026-03-25 House

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  4. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Referred Rules

  5. 2026-02-13 House

    Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.

  6. 2026-02-09 House

    First Reading Ways and Means

  7. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase

  8. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means

  9. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase

Official Summary Text

Increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education from $4,000 and $3,500 to $6,000 and $5,500, respectively.

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*hb1028*

HOUSE BILL 1028
F3 6lr3183
CF SB 705
By: Caroline County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 9, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 25, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Caroline County Board of Education – Member Compensation – Increase 2

FOR the purpose of increasing the annual compensation of the president and voting 3
members of the Caroline County Board of Education; and generally relating to the 4
compensation of the members of the Caroline County Board of Education. 5

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 3–3A–02(a) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Education 12
Section 3–3A–05(a) 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

3–3A–02. 19

2 HOUSE BILL 1028

(a) The Caroline County Board of Education consists of: 1

(1) Three elected members; 2

(2) Two appointed members; and 3

(3) Two nonvoting student members. 4

3–3A–05. 5

(a) The president of the county board is entitled to receive [$4,000] $6,000 6
annually as compensation, and the other voting members are entitled to receive [$3,500] 7
$5,500 each annually as compensation. 8

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 9
III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 10
the salary or compensation of the president or other voting members of the Caroline County 11
Board of Education while serving in a term of office beginning before the effective date of 12
this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or compensation of the 13
president and other voting members of the Caroline County Board of Education shall take 14
effect at the beginning of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to 15
an individual appointed or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired 16
term. 17

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
1, 2026. 19

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