Today the State Board of Education issued their filing guidelines  for counties seeking waivers from their FY 2012 maintenance of effort requirement.  Six counties (Anne Arundel, Kent, Montgomery, Queen Anne's, Talbot and Wicomico) submitted formal requests for a waiver by the state's deadline of April 1, 2011.   The important deadlines for briefs from counties, position papers from local boards of education and supporting comments from education groups and the public are: 1) May 2, 2011…