Help protect local school funding!

Published: Mon, 03/19/12


 
 
 
 
 
     Help Protect Local School Funding!
 
 


 
Good morning !

The Maryland State Education Association has asked us to pass this important message along to our subscribers.
 
 
Last week, the Maryland Senate passed a strong, comprehensive fix to the state's broken maintenance of effort law, originally intended to protect local school funding.
 
This legislation--Senate Bill 848--is critical to protecting school funding for the long term and helping put an end to rising class sizes, reduced student programs, and more cuts.
 
SB 848 greatly strengthens maintenance of effort and protects local school funding by creating funding predictability and consistency and increased flexibility for county governments.
 
The bill would ensure that counties that have chosen not to adequately fund their schools make the needed investments to provide a great public school for every child in the county and not shortchange our students.
 
Now, the House of Delegates will discuss and vote on fixing maintenance of effort. We need to urge the House to pass a strong MOE bill and continue efforts to protect school funding. Please click here to email your delegates today.
 
Failure to fix maintenance of effort will have a direct impact on class sizes and student programs. This fight is an important one--and we're making major progress. Help us get all the way there by emailing your legislators today.

To learn more about maintenance of effort, please visit www.marylandeducators.org/moe.
 
Thanks for taking the time to learn about this important issue.
 
All the best and see you around the County,

John W. Frenaye, Jr
Publisher
 
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