SB0409 • 2026

Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Member Compensation and Student Member Scholarship - Increase

Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Anne Arundel County Senators
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Member Compensation and Student Member Scholarship - Increase

Increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of the board who completes a full term on the board for a term that begins on or after July 1, 2029.

What This Bill Does

Increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of the board who completes a full term on the board for a term that begins on or after July 1, 2029.

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Bill History

2026-02-19 Senate
Hearing canceled
2026-02-19 Senate
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-29 Senate
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-01-29 Senate
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Member Compensation and Student Member Scholarship - Increase

Official Summary Text

Increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of the board who completes a full term on the board for a term that begins on or after July 1, 2029.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*sb0409*

SENATE BILL 409
F3 6lr1608
CF HB 436
By: Anne Arundel County Senators
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2026
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Anne Arundel County Board of Education – Member Compensation and Student 2
Member Scholarship – Increase 3

FOR the purpose of increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other 4
members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; increasing, beginning in 5
a certain year, the scholarship award for a student member of the county board who 6
completes a full term on the county board; and generally relating to the 7
compensation of the members and the scholarship of the student member of the Anne 8
Arundel County Board of Education. 9

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Education 11
Section 3–2A–07 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16

Article – Education 17

3–2A–07. 18

(a) The president of the county board is e ntitled to receive [$17,000] $25,000 19
annually as compensation, the vice president is entitled to receive [$16,000] $24,000 20
annually as compensation, and, except for the student member, the other board members 21
are entitled to receive [$15,000] $23,000 each annually as compensation. 22

2 SENATE BILL 409

(b) A student member who completes a full term on the county board shall be 1
granted a scholarship [of $15,000] to be applied toward the student’s higher education costs 2
IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT: 3

(1) $15,000 FOR A TERM THAT BEGINS BEFORE JULY 1, 2029; AND 4

(2) $23,000 FOR A TERM THAT BEGINS ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2029. 5

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 6
III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 7
the salary or compensation of the president, vice president, members, and student member 8
of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education while serving in a term of office beginning 9
before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act co ncerning the salary or 10
compensation of the president, vice president, members, and student member of the Anne 11
Arundel County Board of Education shall take effect at the beginning of the next following 12
term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual appointed or elected after the 13
effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 14

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
October 1, 2026. 16