Surprise, surprise! Our sources tell us that the State Department of Education has approved Montgomery County's FY 2011 Maintenance of Effort waiver request on a 7-5 vote. Wicomico County's waiver request was also approved. That means MoCo's statehouse delegation will not have to beg Big Daddy and Speaker Mike Busch for another bill canceling a state fine. Amidst all the budget gloom, this is a welcome bit of good news.
Update: The Gazette confirmed our report.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
MoCo Maintenance of Effort Waiver Approved (Updated)
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2 comments:
If fines in the millions can be waived again and again, then why does the fine exist?
It exists to make sure other counties do what Montgomery County has done for decades, which is fund their school system well. You are correct that this cannot go on forever, but in the short term it is nice that the state School Board has recognized that Montgomery County has usually far exceeded its maintenance of effort requirement, so punishing the county for missing it twice does not make much sense.
-Marc
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