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State board committee moves COMAR update on homeless-student services to consent agenda
Summary
MSDE staff told the Education Policy Committee the COMAR amendments align state regulation with federal law and received no public comments; the committee advanced the item to the full board consent agenda.
The Maryland State Board of Education Education Policy Committee voted to place proposed amendments to COMAR 13.A.05–.09 (programs for homeless children) on the board consent agenda.
MSDE staff member Miss Gable told the committee the changes were intended to align the regulation with statute, including provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act, and that the amendments had undergone prior vetting with homeless liaisons, advocates and youth representatives. "It was vetted previously," Gable said, and the amendments appeared in the Maryland Register with no public comments, she added.
Chair Miss McCusker moved to place the item on the consent agenda and, seeing no objections, the committee advanced it for the full board meeting. No formal roll-call vote on the COMAR placement was recorded in the committee transcript.
The move sends the regulation to the full State Board of Education for consideration on the consent calendar; MSDE staff said the changes are primarily technical alignments intended to ensure state regulation matches federal requirements for services to students experiencing homelessness.
