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Education committee places $179M for MCPS on reconciliation list, issues 2–1 advisory to treat $149M as funding floor
Summary
On May 1 the Montgomery County Education and Culture Committee recommended the full $179 million local funding increase for MCPS go on the council reconciliation list and issued a 2–1 advisory that $149 million be treated as a funding floor while leaving $30 million in three $10 million tranches for further deliberation.
The Montgomery County Education and Culture Committee on May 1 agreed to place the full $179,000,000 local funding increase requested by the Board of Education on the council’s reconciliation list and issued an advisory, by a 2–1 margin, that $149,000,000 be treated as a recommended funding floor while leaving $30,000,000 to be considered in three $10,000,000 tranches.
The committee chair framed the approach as a compromise intended to avoid an immediate…
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