April 3rd, 2018 by WCBC Radio
With less than a week remaining in the 2018 session of the Maryland General Assembly- a heated debated has begun on school construction decisions. The Maryland Senate last week approved a measure to change how school-construction funding decisions are made. The Senate voted 29-14 or the bill, which Governor Larry Hogan has pledged to veto. The House passed the bill earlier 92-48. The measure carried both chambers with enough votes to override a veto. The bill takes the power of approving school construction money away from the Board of Public Works, a three-member panel that includes the governor, comptroller and treasurer. It moves the authority to a commission, which would include appointees of the governor, Senate president and House speaker. Governor Hogan said the proposal is politically motivated and would remove all accountability and change a process that has been working well for half a century…
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