After months of work - and behind the scenes discussions - a workgroup in the Maryland House of Delegates has just released a bill designed to fix what the State Board of Education described as the "broken" Maintenance of Effort law. The bill is designed to prevent local counties from unilaterally rebasing their per-pupil spending without seeking a waiver from the State Board of Education.
The text of House Bill 1412 can be found at: http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/billfile/HB1412.htm
Click on the link at the bottom of page that says "First Reading".
Click on the link at the bottom of page that says "First Reading".
While MSEA has a few remaining concerns about some provisions in the bill, it is seen as going a long way towards fixing the problem. Not only does the bill require that local counties seek waivers, it also allows local counties to exceed property tax caps in order to meet their Maintenance of Effort school funding obligations.
An article in Southern Maryland Online today describes the bill, as does this Baltimore Sun story.
1 comment:
You guys need to fix the link to the bill. You inserted an extra space.
As posted, It doesn't work.
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