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PGCPS legislative update: district flags unfunded mandate concerns, supports safety and transportation grants
Summary
PGCPS staff reviewed a slate of pending Maryland bills, opposing an unfunded-mandate measure and supporting bills that limit immigration enforcement involvement by school security and strengthen protections around school resource officers; the update also covered transportation grants and energy reporting.
During the committee’s legislative update, Miss Welch outlined the district’s preliminary positions on a range of bills pending in Annapolis and explained why staff recommended those stances.
Welch told the committee the district would oppose House Bill 649, which she characterized as an unfunded mandate and said would carry a fiscal cost (she cited an estimate for early-year costs but the detailed multi-year figures presented orally were not completely clear on the record). She said the measure seeks to authorize the Commission on Civil Rights to expand enforcement and protections applicable to pre-K through secondary institutions; the administration’s concern is the funding and operational burden required to…
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