SB 170 — Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-14
Establishing the Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth to analyze the challenges related to the delay in student enrollment counts and its effect on school funding and the connection between growing student populations and the provision of school funding; requiring the State Department of Education to provide data to support the work of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2026.
Latest action: — In the House - Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
Sponsors (2)
- Karen Lewis Young (D, MD-3) — sponsor · 2026-01-14
- Justin Ready (R, MD-5) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
Action timeline (7)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Hearing — Budget and Taxation
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Hearing — Appropriations
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referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House appropriations | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate budget and taxation | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Lewis Young (D, state_upper MD-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Justin Ready (R, state_upper MD-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House appropriations · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate budget and taxation · md-leg