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Education debate: Frederick County adds 'school choice' to its legislative priorities while urging vocational and mental‑health funding
Summary
County supervisors added school choice to their priorities and discussed charters, ESAs, and vocational training at the Oct. 30 forum; delegates signaled limited appetite in Richmond for school‑choice bills but described active work on funding formulas and CTE expansions.
Frederick County’s board placed school choice on its priority list during an extended Oct. 30 discussion that also covered funding formulas, charter options and vocational education.
Delegate Dolores Oates and other legislators described the ongoing JLARC work on the composite index and COCA line, which could recalibrate state funding for education and public‑service pay. Oates said a work group’s…
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