By Diane Rey
For Maryland Reporter
State support for public schools will exceed $7 billion for the first time in a budget plan given preliminary approval Wednesday by the Maryland House of Delegates.
The $46.7 billion state budget bill for fiscal 2020 also includes a 3% general salary increase for state workers (5% for law enforcement officers) effective July 1.
Education is the big winner in the House plan, allocating $500 million for school construction and $320 million to begin funding recommendations coming out of the Kirwan Commission report to enhance education, expand public preschool, and raise teacher salaries.
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2 comments:
IS this budget a balanced budget submitted without any increase in taxes or stealing from the State Employees Retirement Fund? Does this budget have any payment to the State Employee Retirement Fund that they have stolen. Hogan are you going to do your job and veto it if it does not conform to this requirements?
more money for schools? baltimore city schools are number 5 in the country for school funding, only 4 other school systems in the entire country receive more money than the baltimore city school system does. when will liberals learn that throwing more tax money at a problem won`t fix the problem.
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