Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 7-134 - Museums of cultural import(a) In this section: (1) "Museum of cultural import" means a museum that provides historic and sociological learning opportunities on the history and culture of an oppressed and historically underrepresented community, leaving attendees with a deeper understanding of the community and all people's shared humanity; and(2) "Museum of cultural import" includes: (i) The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;(ii) The National Museum of African American History and Culture;(iii) The Jewish Museum of Maryland; and(iv) The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.(b) The Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 for the Department to provide grants to local school systems for any related expenses for student field trips to museums of cultural import.Added by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 747, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.