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Top Issues of 2021 Session: Blueprint for Maryland’s Future
With the 2021 Legislative Session rapidly approaching, MACo is profiling some major issues that stand to gather attention in the General Assembly’s work. Here, we preview the Blueprint for Maryland's…
Delayed or Derailed? What’s Next for Kirwan?
The [Kirwan] Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education came to Annapolis this week with high expectations. After all, the Commission was set to put the final touches on its…
Blueprint Oversight Board Announces DLS’ Rachel Hise as Executive Director
Maryland’s Blueprint Accountability and Implementation Board announced Tuesday that it hired Rachel Hise, the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) policy analyst behind the Blueprint, as the board’s new executive director.…
Kirwan Formula Work Group Done: County Costs $1.227B Above “Current Trend”
The Formula Funding Work Group, created to inform the Kirwan Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, issued its recommendations. The bottom line to counties: fully fund the "local share"…
Conduit Street Podcast: Breaking Down the Kirwan “Blueprint”
MACo has made the podcast available through both iTunes and Google Play Music by searching Conduit Street Podcast. You can also listen on our Conduit Street blog with a recap and link to the…
Counties Weigh In on Kirwan
The [Kirwan] Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education was formed in 2016 to answer two questions: Should the state revise current education funding formulas? And, what major new education policies…
Report: U.S. Spending on Public Schools in 2019 Highest Since 2008
K-12 School Spending Up 4.7% in 2019 From Previous Year. The nation spent $752.3 billion on its 48 million children in public schools in fiscal 2019, a 4.7 percent increase…
