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Maryland Public Television presses lawmakers to keep funding mandate and promotes statewide media literacy center
Summary
Maryland Public Television urged lawmakers not to repeal a statutory funding protection in the Budget Reconciliation Financing Act and outlined an audit response, viewership trends and a new Maryland Center for Media Literacy and Education funded partly by private donors.
Maryland Public Television officials told the Appropriations Education and Economic Development Subcommittee that proposed language in the Budget Reconciliation Financing Act would remove statutory protections that require the governor to fund MPT at the prior year level adjusted for growth, leaving the network vulnerable to funding volatility.
MPT President and CEO (testifying) said the 2017 law protects the network from “the vagaries of political administrations” and urged the committee to oppose repeal. He told lawmakers MPT has submitted a written response to a…
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