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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland Senate Bill 895 Moves School Mapping Program to State Police and Authorizes Safe Schools Grants for Public Safety Agencies
Last action · March 20, 2026: Withdrawn by SponsorSponsor: Dawn Gile
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 895 repeals the existing school mapping program within the Interagency Commission and establishes a new School Mapping Data Program within the Department of State Police. The measure authorizes the to award Safe Schools Fund grants directly to public safety agencies rather than local school systems, taking effect October 1, 2026.
Shifts the administrative responsibility for producing digital and physical emergency maps for public schools from local school systems to public safety agencies, altering how state safety grant money flows and which entities oversee school building mapping standards.
- The Department of State Police is a principal department of the Executive Branch of Maryland state government responsible for statewide law enforcement and public safety. context
- The School Safety Subcabinet coordinates policies, grants, and programs aimed at enhancing safety and security in Maryland public schools. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public safety agencies
Department of State Police
The department is tasked with housing the School Mapping Data Program, providing oversight and technical assistance, and adopting regulations to carry out the subtitle.
Local school systems
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
5 actions- Mar 20, 2026SenateWithdrawn by Sponsor
- Mar 10, 2026SenateHearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- Mar 9, 2026SenateHearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- Feb 18, 2026SenateCommitteeRereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment and Judicial Proceedings
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
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Shift of School Mapping Oversight from Education to Public Safety
The legislation moves the oversight of school mapping data from education-focused bodies (Interagency Commission and local school systems) directly to law enforcement and emergency services (Department of State Police and public safety agencies).
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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