By Diane Rey
For Maryland Reporter
Time is ticking down on the largest school construction bill in Maryland history.
With just five days until the end of the General Assembly session April 8, the Senate has yet to pass HB727, dubbed the Build to Learn Act, which would provide an additional $2.2 billion for school construction, divvying up the bulk of the funding to the state’s largest counties.
The bill was heavily amended by the House Appropriations Committee and passed the full House by a vote of 133-3 on March 18.
Appropriations Committee Chair Maggie McIntosh, D-Baltimore City, told senators on the Budget and Taxation Committee at a hearing last week that school construction funding has fallen short for counties targeted in the bill.
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3 comments:
Good, we don't need more new schools!!!! Not every other year... Maybe use this thought, TRY DESIGNING A MODULAR SCHOOL where you can take away from it or add to it with ease???? OR here is another thought, TRY DESIGNING A SCHOOL that actually HOLDS THE PROPER amount of students!!!! Not like you do now where, you say "ok I will have 1,200 students this year and maybe the next year it might go up by a few percent, so lets build a school that hold 700 students" That is how you moron's think, when building schools... And the residents are morons to, for letting them get duped every time for "It is all for the kids" or "its in the name of kids" bullshit... Nothing is for the kids, nothing is for you or your friends or family... It is all for them, the govt workers or aka politicians...
agree
add a detention center holding area at each school
We don't need mega schools either. Let's get back to smaller schools with smaller class sizes. They want to build these huge extravagant schools claiming students will learn better, which is a bunch of crap. You want the kids to learn better? Hold every o e of them accountable for their grades and their behavior and don't yield to the whiny lazy parents. Bring back Saturday detentions. Make students earn their grades. Also actually keep up with the school maintenance so you don't have to keep building new schools.
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