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Baltimore County delegation fails to advance bill on school-board voting after amendment withdrawn
Summary
The Baltimore County delegation declined to consider an amendment and failed to move a favorable recommendation on Senate Bill 656, which would have examined voting for the Baltimore County School Board. A roll-call vote produced 9 yeses and 4 nos, two votes short of the constitutional majority required to report the bill favorably.
On Wednesday, April 1, the Baltimore County delegation considered Senate Bill 656, a proposal “to take a look at the voting for the Baltimore County School Board,” but did not advance the bill after members failed to reach the required majority.
Delegate Forbes, chair of the delegation’s education subcommittee, told the group an amendment she helped draft would not be offered. “Idont feel that this is an amendment the delegation generally wants to go forward with. So Im going to choose not to move my amendment at this time,” she said. Forbes described the amendment as one that would have…
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