WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 405
CHAPTER 405
(Senate Bill 258)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Interagency Advisory Committee for Early Childhood Development and

Education

FOR the purpose of establishing an Interagency Advisory Committee for Early
Childhood Development and Education; requiring the committee to perform
certain duties; providing for membership; providing for a chairman and for staff;
requiring the committee to report to the Governor by a certain date; providing for
the termination of this Act; and generally relating to the Interagency Advisory
Committee for Early Childhood Development and Education.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 24-301 through 24-303, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 3.

Interagency Advisory Committee for Early Childhood Development and

Education"

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, In 1989, in Maryland, 77 percent of children under the age of 12
(more than 585,000) had mothers who worked outside the home; and

WHEREAS, It is predicted by the United States Census Bureau that by 1990, 75
percent of children under the age of 6 in the United States will have mothers working
outside the home; and

WHEREAS, About half of children under the age of 6 in Maryland in 1989 were
receiving some type of child care or education services from the private and public
sectors; and

WHEREAS, There is now increasing pressure on public and private agencies to
expand programs for these children; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Governor shall direct the State Department of Education to
establish;

(A) There is—an—Interagency—Advisory—Committee—for—Early—Childhood
Development and Education in the Stato Department of Education.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That tho Interagency

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