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Commissioners debate school funding and sheriff staffing; proposal to increase revenue projection draws criticism
Summary
Commissioners debated how much local funding to commit to the Board of Education’s negotiated agreement and whether to restore sheriff positions. Proposal to raise revenue growth assumptions to 4 percent was called “voodoo economics” by a commissioner.
Commissioners at a St. Mary's County budget work session spent extended time debating additions to Board of Education funding and sheriff staffing and clashed over how aggressively to rely on higher revenue projections to pay the costs.
Commissioner Morgan proposed restoring 1 percentage point to the Board of Education’s instructional salary calculation (to reach a 3 percent figure tied to state incentive language) and adding $350,000 to the board’s allocation, saying the board could then work with the school system to account for remaining gaps. “I would propose…
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