Maryland's Spending Affordability Committee (SAC) this week approved a number of recommendations to help guide state budget decisions in the months ahead, including dipping into the state's reserves to address…
The school funding formula workgroup, nearing its end, distributed and discussed several analyses that illustrate the potential effects of the plan on county finances - but more work and refinement…
The vast "Blueprint" bill implementing initial steps toward the Kirwan Commission recommendations is moving in the Senate, after being amended significantly. The Senate Committee on Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs…
Drew Jabin will be leaving MACo to return to the Maryland Bankers Association in their lead advocacy role. Drew Jabin joined MACo's Policy Team in August of 2019 as a…
While candidates for governor of Virginia discuss their vision for education, a Washington Post column points toward Maryland's Blueprint plan, and its accountability provisions, as a model. Virginia is among…
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee yesterday voted unanimously on a $46-billion-plus budget proposal that limits appropriations for the recommendations of the [Kirwan] Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education…
The Kirwan Blueprint Bill included its own Implementation Board, with its own nominations process. The Nominating Committee to start that process has now been fully appointed. Governor Hogan has appointed…
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