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The Maryland House of Delegates overrode the governor s veto of the controversial plan to fund the state s schools.
Delegates voted 95-37 on Monday afternoon to override the veto.
Advocates of the Blueprint for Maryland s Future Education Plan argue the coronavirus pandemic exposed and widened existing disparities in education, say it s now more important than ever to implement the reforms. It s exciting to know it s going to start providing an adequate and equitable educations for our students, Maryland State Education Association President Cheryl Bost said.
Debate followed party lines with Democrats supporting the reform measures. The blueprint has been praised by business executives, government officials and editorial boards and other states who want to mimic ours, said Delegate Alonzo Washington, D-Montgomery County.
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The day after calling for schools to reopen for in-person learning by March 1, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan acknowledged he can t exactly force districts hands.
“I don’t have the power to order the schools to open in our state. Some governors do and have. I don’t have that power, Hogan told C4 and Bryan Nehman on Friday. In Maryland, it’s the newly elected and appointed school boards. Many of them have. Some of our largest ones in our more urban and suburban communities, and where we have the most diversity of the student population; some of them just refuse to even consider opening at all. It’s not acceptable.”