The Kirwan Blueprint bill for education funding, HB 1300, passed the House as expected on Tuesday night. A "trigger" mechanism added by a late amendment offered some skeptics comfort -…
The Chair of the Senate's Education Committee told colleagues today "by the end of the week, you'll be receiving the printed copy of the Kirwan bill." Senator Paul Pinsky, member…
HB 1300 is on the Senate Floor, heavily amended from the version passed in the House. Staff has released new fiscal estimates of its effect on state and county funding.…
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 final version of HB 1300, the Kirwan Blueprint bill, has been published online. Visit the Maryland General Assembly website for the final bill text (coming in at a robust…
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…
At the 2019 MACo Winter Conference session, “Breaking Down the Blueprint: School Funding in Focus,” paenlists discussed the generational debate on school funding. Attendees learned more in depth about the Kirwan…
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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