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PISTED votes to adopt annual ‘incorporation by reference’ update to COMAR 13A.07.0603
Summary
The Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board approved permission to adopt COMAR 13A.07.0603, the annual “incorporation by reference” update to nationally recognized standards used in Maryland educator preparation and specialist areas; the motion passed by voice vote.
The Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board voted to give permission to adopt COMAR 13A.07.0603, the regulation that incorporates nationally recognized standards by reference into Maryland’s educator requirements.
Board members discussed the annual update briefly and a staff presenter reviewed the changes, which the department described as mostly date updates and the addition of a small number of specialist standards (including library science standards from the American Library Association and the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation). "Permission to adopt COMAR 13A.07.0603" was moved on the floor; the motion received seconds from Kim Moore and Keisha Allen and was adopted by voice vote after the chair called for ayes and opposed. The chair declared, "It is adopted. Great work." The board did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting minutes.
Why it matters: the incorporation-by-reference regulation allows the State Department of Education to recognize and align Maryland educator preparation and specialist expectations with updated national and professional standards without individually reprinting each standard in the Code of Maryland Regulations. The department told members the recent changes were mostly date updates and the addition of school librarian preparation standards intended to reflect current national curricula and terminology.
Details: presenters said the package was published in the Maryland Register for the 30-day notice period beginning April 18 and drew no public comments. Most amendments were described as administrative (date and numbering changes). The package will go to the State Board of Education at its next meeting for final action; department staff noted a statutory effective date in regulations drafting that, for some parts of the broader licensure rulemaking, target an implementation date of 07/01/2027.
What’s next: the department will transmit the permission-to-adopt package to the State Board of Education later this month and will return to PISTED with any substantive changes the State Board requests. Staff said the paperwork and links to referenced standards were shared electronically with the board.
Ending: board members thanked staff for the presentation and the pace of the meeting. No public comments were made on this item during the meeting.
