Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Workforce Development topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Delegation asked to authorize letter of support for bill to fund career counseling in middle and high schools (House Bill 772)
Summary
A regional workforce director requested the Southern Maryland Delegation authorize a letter of support for House Bill 772, which would codify career-counseling partnerships under the Blueprint; staff said the attorney general and AIB found "no fiscal impact." Delegates were asked to email authorization for signature; no formal vote was taken.
Ruthie Davis (identified in the meeting as the requester) asked the Southern Maryland Delegation to authorize a letter of support for House Bill 772, a bill that would codify and sustain career-counseling services for middle- and high-school students under the Blueprint framework.
Davis told the delegation the bill would "solidify the career counseling program for middle and high school students under pillar 3 and continue the partnerships that make up that program." She said guidance from the attorney general’s office and the Maryland State Department of Education(through the AIB) indicates no fiscal impact for the bill, and that the proposal has endorsements from MAKO and the Maryland Workforce Association.
Davis asked delegates to send an email to delegation staff authorizing Delegate Patterson (or staff) to sign a consolidated letter of support on behalf of members. No formal vote was taken on the record; the delegation chair asked members to email authorization if they wanted to sign.
Why it matters: the bill would direct local boards of education to dedicate funding to local workforce development boards for career counseling and strengthen school–workforce partnerships in the region.
Provenance: the request and bill summary were delivered during the meeting’s legislative-business segment.
