All students in Maryland's public schools, without exception and regardless of race, ethnicity, region, religion, gender, sexual orientation, language, socioeconomic status, age, or disability, have the right to educational environments that are:

1. A. Safe;
2. B. Appropriate for academic achievement; and
3. C. Free from any form of harassment.

Authority: Education Article, §§2-205, 2-206, 2-303, 5-201—5-206, 7-202, 7-203, 7-205, 7-301, and 8-404, Annotated Code of Maryland;
Federal Statutory Reference: 20 U.S.C.§6301 et seq.;
Federal Regulatory Reference: 34 CFR 200

Effective date: December 20, 1993 (20:25 Md. R. 1948)

Regulation .02B amended effective December 4, 1995 (22:24 Md. R. 1900); July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 945)

Regulation .03 amended effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 945); November 1, 1999 (26:22 Md. R. 1694)

Regulation .03A amended effective December 4, 1995 (22:24 Md. R. 1900)

Regulation .04 amended effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 945); November 1, 1999 (26:22 Md. R. 1694)

Regulation .04E amended effective December 5, 1994 (21:24 Md. R. 1989)

Regulation .05A amended effective November 1, 1999 (26:22 Md. R. 1694)

Regulation .07 amended effective August 28, 1995 (22:17 Md. R. 1320)

Regulation .07B amended effective June 6, 1994 (21:11 Md. R. 952)

Regulation .07 repealed and new Regulations .07 and .08 adopted effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 77)

Regulation .07A amended effective November 1, 1999 (26:22 Md. R. 1694)

Regulation .07F adopted effective November 1, 1999 (26:22 Md. R. 1694)

Regulations .07 and .08 repealed and new Regulations .07—.10 adopted effective June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1111)

Regulations .01—.10 repealed and new Regulations .01—.09 adopted effective July 21, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 936)

Regulation .02B amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349)

Regulation .04A, B amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 682); May 22, 2006 (33:10 Md. R. 882)

Regulation .04B amended effective November 8, 2004 (31:22 Md. R. 1596); July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349)

Regulation .05A amended effective November 8, 2004 (31:22 Md. R. 1596)

Regulation .05C amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 682); May 22, 2006 (33:10 Md. R. 882)

Regulation .07 amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349)

Regulation .08A amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349)

Regulation .08B amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349); January 14, 2010 (37:1 Md. R. 15)

Regulation .09 amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349)