Join TAAAC for the Showing of Las Abogadas TONIGHT, April 16, 5-7 pm
May Day Action: Workers Over Billionaires
Starbucks workers at the Governors Plaza location are unionizing!
Update from the Maryland General Assembly
Despite our best efforts working with other labor unions, the Right to Strike bill did not pass this session. It did receive a hearing in the House of Delegates but was never voted out of committee. We certainly will be continuing our advocacy next session to get this bill passed so that public school educators and public librarians gain the right to strike.
School Psychologist License Portability Compact (HB340/SB238): Helps qualified school psychologists from other states work in Maryland.
Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act (HB525/SB928): Advocates for county boards of education to establish student technology (cell phone) use policies.
Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act)(HB1582): Alters the star rating system school accountability system to use a descriptive model that prioritizes transparency, context, equity, and continuous improvement over labeling and scores that overly reduce the strengths and areas of improvement for individual schools.
Teacher Tax Deduction Expansion to Pre-K Teachers (HB478/SB262): Pre-K teachers are now eligible for the tax deduction teachers may take for unreimbursed classroom expenses.
Affordable Housing for Educators (HB168): Expands affordable housing programs to educators.
Expanded State Board of Education (HB828): Adds an education support professional (ESP) to the State Board of Education.
Maryland Worker Freedom Act (HB45/SB417): Protects worker rights when employers host religious meetings.
No Kings Act (HB332/SB346): Establishes civil liability for someone under color of law to deprive anyone of their constitutional rights.
Voting Rights Act of 2026 (HB350/SB225): Prohibits the imposition of a method for electing a local governing body that hinders members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members’ choice or the member’s ability to influence the outcome of an election as a result of dilution or the abridgement of the rights of voters who are members of a protected class.
The Vax Act (HB637/SB385): Ensures access to science-based healthcare, the Secretary of Health must issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and services.
Community Trust Act (SB791/HB1083): Restricts local law enforcement from sharing information with ICE. Limits correctional facilities from asking about citizenship status
287(g) Ban (HB444/SB245): Prohibits agreements for local law enforcement to act as ICE agents.
Data Privacy Act (HB1431/SB977): Blocks federal immigration agencies from gaining warrantless access to state and local databases.
Sensitive Locations Protection (SB810/HB1341): Expands protections against immigration enforcement at locations such as schools, hospitals, and food distribution sites.
Mutual Aid Support for Jenny Lind Elementary in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rent is due today. Energy bills are due today. Food is needed today.
This is our opportunity to work together to provide for one another’s immediate survival, because we know that the systems we are currently living under are not sufficient. We know that there are folks in Anne Arundel County who need aid too; we and many of you are already participating locally. We hope that our partnership with the mutual aid network at Jenny Lind Elementary School will not only help its families, but also help TAAAC to learn more about school-based mutual aid and enable us to meet the moment when this kind of aid becomes necessary in Anne Arundel on an even larger scale.
Already, people from all over the country have donated $22,000 to families at Jenny Lind, almost all of which has already been distributed. To support these families through February, the community predicts a need of an additional $14,000.
