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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 547
CHAPTER 547
(House Bill 407)
AN ACT concerning
Safe Schools Reporting Act of 2005
FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Education to require a county
board of education to report certain incidents against certain students;
authorizing certain persons to file a report regarding certain incidents;
requiring the State Department of Education to create a standard victim of
harassment or intimidation report form; providing for the contents and
distribution of a certain form; requiring a county board to submit summaries of
a certain form to the State Department of Education on or before a certain date
each year; requiring a county board to delete identifying information from
certain forms under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of
Education to submit a certain report on or before a certain date each year to
certain committees consisting of certain information relating to victim of
harassment or intimidation reports filed with county boards; providing for the
termination of this Act; and generally relating to reporting incidents of
harassment or intimidation of students at public schools.
BY adding to
Article - Education
Section 7-421
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Education
7-421.
(A) IN THIS SECTION, "HARASSMENT OR INTIMIDATION" MEANS CONDUCT,
INCLUDING VERBAL CONDUCT, THAT:
(1) CREATES, OR CERTAINLY WILL CREATE, A HOSTILE EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT BY SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERING WITH A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS, OPPORTUNITIES, OR PERFORMANCE, OR WITH A STUDENT'S PHYSICAL OR
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND IS:
(I) MOTIVATED BY AN ACTUAL OR A PERCEIVED PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTIC SUCH AS RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, MARITAL STATUS, SEX, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, RELIGION, OR DISABILITY; OR
(II) THREATENING OR SERIOUSLY INTIMIDATING; AND
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