Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Elopement - Locative Devices
State of MarylandMarylandRequiring certain public and nonpublic schools to develop policies and procedures regarding student wandering or elopement behavior; authorizing certain public and nonpublic schools to coordinate a student's voluntary use of a certain locative device and monitor the student's location using the locative device only for wandering or elopement behavior; establishing certain privacy and data protections for information obtained through a student's voluntary use of a certain locative device; etc.
- Status
- Engrossed
- Passed its first chamber
- Status date
- Mar 18, 2026
- 239 days ago
- Current chamber
- Senate
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
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Bill details
- Last action
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. · Mar 20, 2026
- Pending committee
- Education, Energy, and the Environment
Sponsors
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Bill history
Newest first.
Recorded vote
Subjects
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Blind and Low Vision
- Data
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Disabilities
- Education, State Department of
- Emergency Services
- Individualized Education and 504 Plans
- Mobile Devices
- Parents and Guardians
- Primary Schools
- Privacy
- Private Schools
- Public Schools
- Records
- Secondary Schools
- Students
- Surveillance
- Telecommunications
- Truancy
- Recordings
- Video
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