The segments below provide a brief overview of MACo’s work in the area of environment policy in the 2023 General Assembly. MACo seeks sensible solutions to environmental issues that provide…
Howard County Police Chief Lisa Myers will retire on November 30, 2021. Myers, appointed Chief in February of 2019, is a 31-year veteran of the Howard County Police Department. "Chief…
The Formula funding workgroup's latest meeting included a preliminary adoption of a new "foundation" funding amount per student, but fell short of advancing any of the remaining central (and weighty)…
The Kirwan Commission's Formula Funding Workgroup continued its work, seemingly deciding to leave the current "wealth formula" intact as they continue unraveling components of current and potential school funding. The…
The Funding Formula Workgroup of the [Kirwan] Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education today met for the second time in Annapolis. The thirteen-member panel is charged with working through what is…
An important element in Maryland's school funding formula is determining county "wealth." Here, we review how that's currently done, and what changes could be in store as the State considers…
A new mapping tool implemented in King County, Washington has enabled county assessors, residents, businesses and constituency groups to gain a better understanding of property assessment data and trends in…
The State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT)'s Property Assessment Workgroup established by SB 172, the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014, met this week to discuss its draft…
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