Governor Wes Moore's Families Serve Act of 2024 authorizes private employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to active duty military spouses. The law also creates a 10 point civil service credit for military spouses in state government hiring.

Governor Wes Moore's Families Serve Act of 2024 authorizes private employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to active duty military spouses. The law also creates a 10 point civil service credit for military spouses in state government hiring.

Maryland allows all dependents of active duty service members who utilize the state's advanced enrollment provision to have access to academic courses and programs, including extracurricular activities and athletic and social programs, in the same manner as other students enrolled at a school.

Military families in Maryland will find it easier to educate their children when transitioning between duty stations, thanks to a comprehensive legislative package designed to streamline education and improve state support for military-connected families sponsored by Delegate Edith Patterson and Senator Benjamin Brooks. The law allows incoming military families to remotely register and enroll their children in local school systems ahead of their physical relocation to the state, preventing unnecessary gaps in instruction. The law further enhances the Maryland State Military Interstate Children's Compact Council and Purple Star School Program frameworks to ease school transitions, credit transfers, and social integration for military children while promoting participation in the Purple Star Schools program. The law also provides flexibility to ensure students can remain in their chosen schools for the duration of the academic year, even if their family undergoes mid-year housing transitions. The also provides for military students with special needs by requiring schools to transfer individualized education programs (IEPs) records for military-connected children with disabilities or specialized as soon as the family enrolls the child into a Maryland public school.

Military families in Maryland will find it easier to educate their children when transitioning between duty stations, thanks to a comprehensive legislative package designed to streamline education and improve state support for military-connected families sponsored by Delegate Edith Patterson and Senator Benjamin Brooks. The law allows incoming military families to remotely register and enroll their children in local school systems ahead of their physical relocation to the state, preventing unnecessary gaps in instruction. The law further enhances the Maryland State Military Interstate Children's Compact Council and Purple Star School Program frameworks to ease school transitions, credit transfers, and social integration for military children while promoting participation in the Purple Star Schools program. The law also provides flexibility to ensure students can remain in their chosen schools for the duration of the academic year, even if their family undergoes mid-year housing transitions. The also provides for military students with special needs by requiring schools to transfer individualized education programs (IEPs) records for military-connected children with disabilities or specialized as soon as the family enrolls the child into a Maryland public school.

Military families in Maryland will find it easier to educate their children when transitioning between duty stations, thanks to a comprehensive legislative package designed to streamline education and improve state support for military-connected families sponsored by Delegate Edith Patterson and Senator Benjamin Brooks. The law allows incoming military families to remotely register and enroll their children in local school systems ahead of their physical relocation to the state, preventing unnecessary gaps in instruction. The law further enhances the Maryland State Military Interstate Children's Compact Council and Purple Star School Program frameworks to ease school transitions, credit transfers, and social integration for military children while promoting participation in the Purple Star Schools program. The law also provides flexibility to ensure students can remain in their chosen schools for the duration of the academic year, even if their family undergoes mid-year housing transitions. The also provides for military students with special needs by requiring schools to transfer individualized education programs (IEPs) records for military-connected children with disabilities or specialized as soon as the family enrolls the child into a Maryland public school.

Through education policy implementation and information enhancements to its student identification system, Maryland has supported military-connected children and ensured families are empowered with the knowledge they need by clarifying requirements, enhancing communication efforts and streamlining access to information.

Military families in Maryland will find it easier to educate their children when transitioning between duty stations, thanks to a comprehensive legislative package designed to streamline education and improve state support for military-connected families sponsored by Delegate Edith Patterson and Senator Benjamin Brooks. The law allows incoming military families to remotely register and enroll their children in local school systems ahead of their physical relocation to the state, preventing unnecessary gaps in instruction. The law further enhances the Maryland State Military Interstate Children's Compact Council and Purple Star School Program frameworks to ease school transitions, credit transfers, and social integration for military children while promoting participation in the Purple Star Schools program. The law also provides flexibility to ensure students can remain in their chosen schools for the duration of the academic year, even if their family undergoes mid-year housing transitions. The also provides for military students with special needs by requiring schools to transfer individualized education programs (IEPs) records for military-connected children with disabilities or specialized as soon as the family enrolls the child into a Maryland public school.

Military families in Maryland will find it easier to educate their children when transitioning between duty stations, thanks to a comprehensive legislative package designed to streamline education and improve state support for military-connected families sponsored by Delegate Edith Patterson and Senator Benjamin Brooks. The law allows incoming military families to remotely register and enroll their children in local school systems ahead of their physical relocation to the state, preventing unnecessary gaps in instruction. The law further enhances the Maryland State Military Interstate Children's Compact Council and Purple Star School Program frameworks to ease school transitions, credit transfers, and social integration for military children while promoting participation in the Purple Star Schools program. The law also provides flexibility to ensure students can remain in their chosen schools for the duration of the academic year, even if their family undergoes mid-year housing transitions. The also provides for military students with special needs by requiring schools to transfer individualized education programs (IEPs) records for military-connected children with disabilities or specialized as soon as the family enrolls the child into a Maryland public school.

Under the law authored by Senator Benjamin Brooks and Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield, military protection orders (MPOs) can be used as evidence when applying for a temporary Maryland civilian protective order. If an individual subject to an MPO violates a Maryland civilian protective order, the law enforcement agency responding to the civilian violation will notify the law enforcement agency responsible for the MPO that there is probable cause it has been violated.

Under the law authored by Senator Benjamin Brooks and Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield, military protection orders (MPOs) can be used as evidence when applying for a temporary Maryland civilian protective order. If an individual subject to an MPO violates a Maryland civilian protective order, the law enforcement agency responding to the civilian violation will notify the law enforcement agency responsible for the MPO that there is probable cause it has been violated.