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House Ways and Means Committee advances bill to create commission on teaching Marylanders’ diverse historic contributions

House Ways and Means Committee · March 27, 2026
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The committee voted March 26 to advance House Bill 627, as amended, to create a commission that will recommend curriculum changes and professional development to the State Board of Education focused on the historic, cultural and civic contributions of diverse Marylanders.

The House Ways and Means Committee on March 26 voted to advance House Bill 627, as amended, which would create a commission charged with recommending how Maryland public schools teach the historic, cultural and civic contributions of diverse Marylanders. Chair Janelle Wilkins presided over the session.

The bill’s sponsor, Delegate Delia Ebersole, told the committee the measure ‘‘will create a commission on teaching the historic…

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