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Carroll County seeks short‑term AIB waiver and $13 million local funding to ease Blueprint compliance
Summary
Officials said the county submitted a waiver request to the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) on April 1, received an oral argument April 17, and expects a decision on April 28. The waiver would extend time to meet Maryland's Blueprint requirements but would not absolve the county of those obligations.
Carroll County officials told commissioners they submitted a waiver request to the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) on April 1 and presented oral argument on April 17. Chair Leggett told the county the AIB would schedule a decision no later than May 1; the county later reported the AIB set an April 28 meeting at 2 p.m. to decide.
School staff emphasized the waiver would extend time to meet Maryland's Blueprint requirements, not remove them. "If the AIB grants it on April 28, it will be an extension of time to meet blueprint requirements, but not a forgiveness of those requirements," a school staff member said during the meeting.
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