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Howard County officials on Monday discussed salary increases for public school teachers, among other budget issues related to state mandates in the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Act.
Reply May 19, 2021 The presiding officers of the General Assembly announced their appointments to the Blueprint for Maryland Future's Accountability and Implementation Board Nominating Committee on Wednesday. Subscribe Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan (R) has not yet announced his two nominees. Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) appointed Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George's), chair of the Senate's Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, and Shanaysha Sauls, the president and CEO of the Baltimore Community Foundation. Subscribe "Chair Pinsky and Dr. Sauls have long been lea...
Top pick for King County homelessness 'czar' turns down the job Regina Cannon, who has led anti-poverty initiatives in other parts of the country, would have been the first CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority Author: Chris Daniels Updated: 8:51 AM PST February 26, 2021 A more than $130 million budget, and likely $250,000 salary wasn’t enough to make Regina Cannon want to lead the region’s new homelessness response agency. Atlanta-based Cannon, who had led anti-poverty initiatives elsewhere in the country, was selected to be the first chie...
Kirwan education reforms are at high risk of repeating historical disappointments From the cover of the preliminary report. Accountability was certainly a feature of the massive 235-page bill, HB1300, that implements the 10-year, multi-billion-dollar plan for strengthening and rebuilding K-12 education in Maryland. Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed that bill not just because it would require higher taxes but also because he found it lacking in accountability. Next week, the legislature will attempt to override Hogan’s veto. In this article, Maryland Reporter contributor Charlie Hayward, a life-long ...