SB0289 • 2026

Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator McCray
Last action: 2026-01-22
Official status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide certain fine arts instructional programs through fiscal year 2027.

What This Bill Does

Repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide certain fine arts instructional programs through fiscal year 2027.

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Bill History

2026-01-22 Senate
Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
2026-01-21 Senate
First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses

Official Summary Text

Repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide certain fine arts instructional programs through fiscal year 2027.

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*sb0289*

SENATE BILL 289
F1 6lr1702
CF HB 352
By: Senator McCray
Introduced and read first time: January 21, 2026
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program – Personnel and Per Pupil 2
Grants – Eligible Uses 3

FOR the purpose of repealing the limitation on the authorization to use personnel grants 4
and per pupil grants under the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to 5
provide certain fine arts instructional programs through a certain fiscal year; and 6
generally relating to the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 5–223(b) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Education 14
Section 5–223(c)(9) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 17

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19

Article – Education 20

5–223. 21

(b) (1) There is a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program in the State. 22

(2) The purpose of the Program is to provide grants to eligible schools with 23
a high concentration of eligible students. 24
2 SENATE BILL 289

(3) The Program consists of the: 1

(i) Personnel grant; and 2

(ii) Per pupil grant. 3

(c) (9) The personnel and per pupil grant may be used [through fiscal year 4
2027] to provide the programs required under COMAR Title 13A, Subtitle 04, including 5
13A.04.16.01. 6

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7
1, 2026. 8