May 24th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
Governor Larry Hogan today vetoed three pieces of legislation passed during the 2018 session of the Maryland General Assembly that weaken accountability in Maryland schools: Senate Bill 739 – State Board of Education – Membership – Teachers and Parent; House Bill 808 – Collective Bargaining – Education – Supervisory Personnel; and House Bill 643/Senate Bill 678 – State Department of Education – Employment Categories and Practices.
During the 2018 legislative session, in addition to providing record funding for K-12 public schools and enacting legislation to increase education spending by more than $4.4 billion over the next decade by ensuring all casino revenues go toward schools, Governor Hogan proposed common sense legislation to increase accountability by creating an independent Investigator General to look into allegations of wrongdoing in schools. Unfortunately, despite demands for increased transparency and oversight from students, parents, and communities across the state, the legislature did not act on the governor’s proposal and instead passed retributive, tone-deaf legislation that gives special interests and lobbyists greater control over the education system and erodes accountability standards.
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