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Bill would require schools to notify parents and report elopement incidents after a child's death in Charles County was cited
Summary
Sponsor and family members urged the Ways and Means Committee to require schools to notify parents immediately and to include elopement behavior in IEPs and state reporting after testimony about a child who drowned following repeated elopement incidents.
Delegate Edith Patterson told the House Ways and Means Committee on March 5 that House Bill 12-04 responds to “the tragic death of a 5‑year‑old boy from Charles County,” an incident she said involved repeated elopement from supervised areas and resulted in drowning after the child left school grounds.
Patterson said the bill has three primary requirements: immediate parent or guardian notification when a student attempts or succeeds in eloping from a supervised area or school campus; a state reporting system maintained by the Maryland State Department of Education to collect elopement incidents and…
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