We will work to advance legislation in the following areas: During Maryland's 443rd General Assembly Session, The Maryland Education Coalition (MEC) advocates for civil rights, health, public education, and safety for all students and their families. History keeps repeating itself, and we need your help to say “enough is enough.” Tell state legislators on the Appropriations and Budget & Taxation Committees to fight for a supplemental budget from the governor that makes the Blueprint and our school systems whole–so they can become world-class The final straw for us was that the governor chose to cut this funding for Baltimore City and Prince George’s County, school districts that educate roughly half of the Black and Brown students in the state and that have historically been underfunded by state leaders ( click to tweet this ) We’re talking multiple billions of dollars, here.
Nearly $15 million in other Blueprint programs (*ahem* programs that will support teachers), were also cut out of the proposed budget.Īnd that’s not all – the governor made these cuts to the budget when we have the highest surplus in state history. WHY? L ast week, Governor Hogan presented his state budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), which begins on July 1, 2022.Įven though the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is law, the governor submitted a budget that witholding funding in Baltimore City ($99 million) and Prince George’s county ($26.5 million) – funding specifically allocated to address resource equity. Maryland’s public school students need you to contact members of the Appropriations and the Budget & Taxation Committees and tell them to reject the governor’s budget, which ignores the Blueprint’s equity provisions and underfunds Maryland’s public schools by $140 million next school year! (See below for background)ĭuring January 2022, MEC led by MEC member Strong Schools Maryland urged you to join us by saying. So MEC and friends thank all who contacted our state officials. The General Assembly has until Apto approve the state budget, but we do not anticipate further problems. These additional funds can be found in theĢ022 - Analysis of Supplemental Budget No. The $140 million he originally did not put in the proposed FY 2023 budget. We were able to convince the Governor backed by a memo from the Maryland Attorney General's office to add
#Education and youth hearing january 5 2017 baltimore city update
UPDATE - MEC along with many public education stakeholders and advocates statewide WON!
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