HB1205 • 2026

Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals

Education Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Delegates Wims , Boafo , Charkoudian , Crutchfield , Feldmark , Foley , Ivey , A. Johnson , Kaufman , Lehman , Lopez , Mireku-North , Roberson , Roberts , Shetty , Stinnett , Taveras , Vogel , Wolek , and Woorman
Last action: 2026-03-11
Official status: In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:45 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals

Establishing a minimum wage rate of at least $25 per hour to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning on July 1, 2028; and requiring the State Department of Education to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026, on an estimate of the total cost of implementing a $25-per-hour minimum wage for education support professionals.

What This Bill Does

Establishing a minimum wage rate of at least $25 per hour to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning on July 1, 2028; and requiring the State Department of Education to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026, on an estimate of the total cost of implementing a $25-per-hour minimum wage for education support professionals.

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Bill History

2026-03-11 House
Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
2026-03-11 House
Hearing 3/11 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
2026-03-11 House
Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
2026-03-11 House
Hearing 3/11 at 1:45 p.m. (Ways and Means)
2026-02-16 House
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-14 House
Reassigned to Ways and Means Appropriations
2026-02-11 House
First Reading Ways and Means
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals

Official Summary Text

Establishing a minimum wage rate of at least $25 per hour to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning on July 1, 2028; and requiring the State Department of Education to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026, on an estimate of the total cost of implementing a $25-per-hour minimum wage for education support professionals.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
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*hb1205*

HOUSE BILL 1205
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CF SB 764
By: Delegates Wims, Boafo, Charkoudian, Crutchfield, Feldmark, Foley, Ivey,
A. Johnson, Kaufman, Lehman, Lopez, Mireku –North, Roberson, Roberts,
Shetty, Stinnett, Taveras, Vogel, Wolek, and Woorman
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Education – Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals 2

FOR the purpose of establishing a certain minimum wage rate to be paid by county boards 3
of education to certain education support professionals beginning on or before a 4
certain date; and generally relating to a minimum wage for education s upport 5
professionals. 6

BY adding to 7
Article – Education 8
Section 6–306 to be under the amended subtitle “Subtitle 3. Salaries and Wages” 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

Subtitle 3. Salaries AND WAGES. 15

6–306. 16

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17
INDICATED. 18

(2) “EDUCATION SUPPORT PRO FESSIONAL” MEANS A 19
NONCERTIFICATED PUBLIC SCH OOL EMPLOYEE DESIGNA TED AS PART OF A 20
NONSUPERVISORY BARGAINING UNIT UNDER SUBTITLE 5 OF THIS TITLE. 21
2 HOUSE BILL 1205

(3) “PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYE E” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 1
6–501 OF THIS TITLE. 2

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING § 3–413 OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT 3
ARTICLE, BEGINNING JULY 1, 2028, EACH COUNTY BOARD SH ALL PAY TO EACH 4
EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL A MINIMUM WAGE RATE OF AT LEAS T $25.00 5
PER HOUR. 6

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before December 1, 9
2026, the State Department of Education shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance 10
with § 2 –1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report with an 11
estimate of the total cost of implementing a $25.00 per hour minimum wage for education 12
support professionals, with cost estimates disaggregated by local school system. 13

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 14
1, 2026. 15