April Fleming Miller

COVID-19 pandemic

In October 2021, Miller said she opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students.^[11]

Development initiatives

During the 2026 legislative session, Miller introduced a bill to place strict environmental and noise restrictions on data centers, as well as limits to local jurisdictions' ability to approve data center construction on agricultural lands.^[12]

Education

Miller does not support the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, a sweeping education reform bill passed in 2021, saying that she would like the Maryland General Assembly to pause its implementation as schools recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

In 2011, Miller expressed sympathy with a parent complaint that the textbook Social Studies Alive! Our Community and Beyond was politically tilted, saying "I think it disrespects our country, because it doesn't say a lot positive about it, and I think that's detrimental to unity."^[13] In 2012, Miller objected to allowing Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon to be available in high schools, saying that while she did not want to ban books, she thought the school board should be more involved in evaluating books used in schools.^[14]

In February 2015, Miller testified in support of a bill requiring parents to provide consent before schools could survey students about their drug use or sexual activity.^[15]

In April 2016, Miller introduced a policy that required refusals by students or parents to take federally and state-mandated tests to be "honored without question".^[16]

In June 2017, Miller voted against a contract with the Frederick County Teachers Association, opposing the contract's four-year salary scale transition plan by saying that it did not benefit students and their families.^[17]

Social issues

During the 2024 legislative session, Miller introduced a bill that would require abortion care providers to notify law enforcement if they suspect a patient is a victim of sex trafficking, and would make not doing so a misdemeanor offense.^[18]

Taxes

In April 2026, Miller defended Maryland's hospitals following a whistleblower report accusing the state's hospitals of setting up offshore, for-profit insurance companies instead of buying policies from traditional commercial insurers to avoid paying Maryland's captive insurance tax.^[19]