Blueprint Legislation Overview

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is landmark education reform legislation that became State law in 2021. The intent of the Blueprint is to transform Maryland’s public education into one of the top performing school systems in the world. To do this, it focuses on five major policy areas or pillars: early childhood education, high quality and diverse teachers and school leaders, college and career readiness and pathways, more resources to ensure all students are successful, and governance and accountability.

Talbot County Public Schools has developed a Blueprint Implementation Plan, which will guide the school system’s work over the ten-year implementation period.  The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future (HB 1300 and HB1372) combines school funding and supportive policies to ensure all learners have the opportunity to become college and career ready. Additionally, the Blueprint seeks to elevate “overall student performance to be among the world’s best and eliminates achievement and opportunity gaps between students from different family incomes, races, ethnicities, abilities and disabilities, and other defining characteristics.” TCPS strives to continuously reflect, redesign, and improve existing policies and practices to create a system that equitably serves our diverse student population in every grade level.