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County holds draft budget steady as special session pension and education changes remain uncertain
Summary
Commissioners discussed pending state special session items that could shift teacher-pension costs to counties and affect maintenance-of-effort calculations; staff said the county had set aside roughly $4.1 million in the draft budget to cover teacher pension changes but asked to wait for final state action before making large changes.
St. Mary's County commissioners discussed how a state special session could affect the county budget, particularly for teacher-pension costs that the state might shift to local boards of education.
County staff briefed the board on draft language and numbers circulated in the special-session materials and said the county had included approximately $4.1 million in its draft budget related to the possible teacher-pension shift and associated…
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