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HB 976·MD·house

Primary and Secondary Education - Funding Accuracy and Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations and Report (Education Funding Accuracy Act)

FailedFiled Feb 6, 2026
Sponsor: Rose
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Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m. (House)

Mar 11, 2026

Summary

The bill changes the formula for "full‑time equivalent enrollment" used to determine state education funding, adding the average K‑12 headcount on Sept. 30 and May 31 of the prior year, plus evening‑program and P‑TECH students. It also mandates the Department of Education publish a detailed enrollment and funding report each December. These changes aim to make funding calculations more accurate and transparent for counties and schools.

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Hearings

History

  1. Hearing canceled
  2. Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m.
  3. Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
  4. Reassigned to Appropriations
  5. First Reading Ways and Means

Sponsors

  • Rose · sponsor
  • Anderson
  • Arentz
  • Arikan
  • Baker
  • Beauchamp
  • Bouchat
  • Buckel
  • Ciliberti
  • Griffith
  • Hartman
  • Hinebaugh
  • Hornberger
  • Howard
  • Hutchinson
  • Jacobs
  • Kipke
  • Mangione
  • McComas
  • Metzgar
  • Miller
  • Nkongolo
  • Pippy
  • R. Long
  • Reilly

And 5 more cosponsors.

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