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Board adopts legislative positions; supports public campaign financing, opposes changes to board term structure and several bills
Summary
At its Jan. 16 meeting the Howard County Board voted on a packet of legislative positions prepared by its legislative committee. The board voted to support HOCO 3-25 (public campaign financing), oppose HOCO 225 (board term/compensation changes), oppose HOCO 1525 (study on detecting deadly weapons), and oppose HOCO 1025 (mandated school holidays).
The Howard County Board of Education voted Jan. 16 to adopt a set of positions on local bills before the Maryland General Assembly.
After committee discussion, the board approved the legislative committee's recommendations for the packet and recorded separate motions on several bills. The board voted to support HOCO 3-25, enabling local public campaign financing for school board elections, and to oppose several other proposals the committee flagged for concern.
Votes at a glance
- HOCO 3-25, Public campaign financing (enabling legislation): Motion to support by Member Malo; second by Member Watts. Vote: 8–0 in favor. The board's support is for enabling county council action to create local public financing and does not obligate the county to a…
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