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Committee votes to keep George B. Thomas Learning Academy funding in county budget; recommends offset from MCPS request
Summary
After debate over whether MCPS could absorb Saturday school tutoring, the joint committee voted to add the George B. Thomas Learning Academy enhancement to the reconciliation list and recommended subtracting an equivalent amount from MCPS's requested budget to preserve the program's funding.
Montgomery County council committee members moved to preserve funding for the George B. Thomas Learning Academy’s Saturday tutoring program after the executive initially recommended reducing or moving the contract to MCPS.
DHHS and council staff described prior recommendations to right-size the contract (a $190,153 reduction to align with historic spending) and, separately, an executive-transmitted reduction that would have eliminated the contract entirely ($722,579).…
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