Counties Provide Perspectives on Kirwan Revisions
On March 15th, 2021 MACo submitted a letter of information to the House Ways and Means Committee regarding HB 1372 Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions. This bill updates the…
Tracking the Kirwan Blueprint? Here’s The Latest
The high-profile Kirwan Blueprint bill, HB 1300, is moving in the House, and will be on an accelerated path into the Senate. Here's what to watch. The two House subcommittees…
Kirwan “Chatter” Already In High Gear
As the General Assembly session nears, school funding is looming as the top issue for legislators and their new leadership teams. Public discourse is already raising multiple angles on the…
Kirwan Blueprint “Markup” Underway as House Decisions Approach
The Kirwan Blueprint bill, HB 1300, is moving toward House action - with a lengthy series of amendments on the table, and a timetable for votes in the days ahead.…
Missed the Kirwan Hearing? Here’s Great Coverage
Maryland Matters breaks down the Kirwan Blueprint legislation, summarized some of the most on-point testimony, and gives the best policy summary of the issues now facing the General Assembly in…
Kirwan Blueprint – Source Data/Assumptions Unveiled
A trove of data, and underlying assumptions, used to assemble SB 1000/HB 1300, the Kirwan Blueprint bill, has been released online. For counties, and other stakeholders, analyzing and assessing the…
DLS On Education Aid: MOE Fix Needed, Kirwan Follow-up Coming
Multiple issues arise in the Department of Legislative Services' Analysis of the Aid to Education budget. They recommend a "fix" to the troubling Maintenance of Effort effects from this year's…
Red Maryland: Kirwan Plan “Not The Solution”
Red Maryland's Editor-in-Chief Brian Griffiths joins the blossoming public debate over new school funding plan: "an expensive prescription for cures already tried." Brian Griffiths, editor-in-chief of Red Maryland, offered an analysis…
