Bill Attempts To Fix Maintenance of Effort Law

A new bill would help fix problems with school funding and maintenance of effort laws that have become a “toothless tiger,” said Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr, D-St. Mary’s, in a joint hearing with the House Appropriations Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday.

State Legislators Suggest Changes to School Funding System

In an effort to help counties match state school spending, legislators have introduced a bill to help fix what many consider to be a broken maintenance of effort law.

Maryland Education Funding Divides State and County Leaders

Cash-strapped Maryland county leaders say they can’t afford to pay their share of rising costs for schools and are asking the state to back off of a requirement to match state education funding dollar-for-dollar.