# Education (GED)

## Title 7. Public Schools

### Subtitle 4. Health and Safety of Students

#### Section 7-441

(a) Each public school is encouraged to post the appropriate telephone number for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect conspicuously in a high-traffic, widely used area of the school.

(b) Each county board shall ensure that the appropriate telephone number for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect is published:

  (1) In each public school's student handbook; and

  (2) On the website of the county board or local school system.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)