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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1514" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Safe to Learn Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Center shall develop and administer an anonymous reporting system.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The anonymous reporting system shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Coordinate the receipt of information relating to a school or student safety concern in a manner that maintains the anonymity of the individual reporting the information; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide a mechanism for any reported information to be forwarded to school officials or other appropriate response personnel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Center shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Develop operational guidelines and procedures for the anonymous reporting system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide training sessions for school personnel on navigating the anonymous reporting system.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, beginning July 1, 2027, each local school system shall participate in the anonymous reporting system developed under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A local school system may choose not to participate in the anonymous reporting system only if the local school system, on or before July 1, 2027, operates and makes available to the public a reporting system that is substantially similar to the anonymous reporting system developed under this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A local school system that chooses not to participate in the anonymous reporting system shall provide written notice to the Center on or before December 1, 2026.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
