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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland requires a continuing professional development course on educator well-being by July 2027
Last action · February 26, 2026: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.Sponsor: Brian Feldman
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What This Bill Would Do
The State Department of Education must provide a on educator well-being and flourishing for all school personnel and administrators by July 1, 2027. The course will cover eight dimensions of well-being and be offered at a comparable rate to other licensed personnel professional development courses.
Public school teachers and administrators gain access to a standardized state-provided professional development curriculum focused on personal well-being, priced comparably to existing continuing education credits.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
school personnel
School personnel gain access to a continuing professional development course covering eight dimensions of personal well-being.
administrators
Administrators are eligible to take the newly mandated continuing professional development course on educator well-being.
State Department of Education
The Department is required to develop, adapt, or provide a continuing professional development course on well-being by July 1, 2027.
Key Facts
- The State Department of Education must make available a continuing professional development course on educator well-being and flourishing on or before July 1, 2027.
- The course must be accessible to all school personnel and administrators.
- Instruction may be delivered through synchronous or asynchronous methods.
- To meet requirements, the Department may develop a new course, adapt an existing third-party course, or offer an existing third-party course.
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- The course must be priced at a comparable rate to continuing professional development courses for licensed personnel with the same number of points.
- Course content must cover the eight dimensions of well-being identified by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: social, environmental, physical, emotional, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, and financial well-being.
- This Act takes effect on July 1, 2026.
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Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 26, 2026SenateHearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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