ELI Healthy Schools Project: Maryland

Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:
Developments in State Policy

Maryland

Citation: Maryland Education Code §5-312 (2008 Md. Senate Bill 208)
Effective: July 1, 2008
Available: HERE

This law establishes that a new school receiving state public school construction funds must be constructed as a high performance building. The law defines a high performance building as one that meets the LEED Silver rating or a comparable rating of another nationally-recognized standard approved by the state. The law also establishes that, from 2010-2014, the state will pay 50% of the local share of the increased costs of constructing the school to meet the new standard. The Board of Public Works is directed to adopt regulations to implement the law.

The Innovation in Governance Programs work to develop inventive approaches to new or entrenched environmental problems and changing technologies and economies. The programs focus on four objectives:

Investigate and promote innovative approaches to managing government agencies and private businesses that will achieve greater environmental protection.
Safeguard and strengthen the safety net of federal environmental law, its enforcement in the courts, and its state implementation through strategic research, education, and outreach.
Improve understanding of environmental governance tools by hosting visiting scholars and international delegations.
Through ELI’s Center for Business Environmental Strategy, provide information, ideas and tools for corporate environmental lawyers and executives to improve environmental management.

Healthy, High Performance School Facilities: Developments in State Policy

Maryland

Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:
Developments in State Policy