HB 1463

HOUSE BILL 1463
     F3  6lr1668
     HB 1275/25 – W&M
     By: Delegates Howard, Bagnall, Bartlett, Behler, Chang, D. Jones, Lehman,
  Nkongolo, Pruski, Rogers, and Simmons
     Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
     Assigned to: Ways and Means
     Committee Report: Favorable
     House action: Adopted
     Read second time: March 9, 2026
  CHAPTER ______
1 AN ACT concerning
2Anne Arundel County Board of Education – Constituent Services
3Liaison – Establishment
4 FOR the purpose of requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a
5      constituent services liaison before the beginning of a certain school year; requiring
6      the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board,
7      to negotiate a certain employment agreement; providing that the constituent
8      services liaison is subject to removal by the president of the county board under
9      certain circumstances; requiring the constituent services liaison to provide certain
10      services and to have certain experience before being hired by the county board;
11      providing for the salary of the constituent services liaison; and generally relating to
12      the constituent services liaison of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education.
13 BY adding to
14      Article – Education
15      Section 3–2A–09
16      Annotated Code of Maryland
17      (2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)
18SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
19 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
20Article – Education
     EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
  [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
  Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
  Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
  amendment.
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2HOUSE BILL 1463
1 3–2A–09.
2      (A) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION AND BEFORE
3 THE BEGINNING OF THE 2026–2027 SCHOOL YEAR, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL HIRE
4 A CONSTITUENT SERVICES LIAISON.
5(2)
  THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY BOARD, IN CONSULTATION WITH
6 COUNSEL FOR THE COUNTY BOARD, SHALL NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF THE
7 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES LIAISON.
8      (B)   THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES LIAISON SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL
9 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF
10 THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(2) OF THIS
11 SECTION.
12      (C)   THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES LIAISON SHALL:
13(1)ACT AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE COUNTY BOARD AND
14 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY;
15(2) ASSIST COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ACCESSING SERVICES OF ANNE
16 ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER STATE AND COUNTY
17 EDUCATION–RELATED SERVICES;
18(3) ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO
19 ADVANCE THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
20 AND
21(4) HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION BEFORE
22 BEING HIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.
23      (D)  THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES LIAISON SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL
24 SALARY SET BY THE COUNTY BOARD.
25SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July
26 1, 2026.