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Montgomery County Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill talks about the impact of the fiscal constraints of the fiscal 2016 budget saying the result will be an increase in class size.

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, issued the following statement today after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced he would not release Geographic Cost of Education Index (GCEI) funding to support Montgomery County Public Schools: “I am extremely disappointed with Governor Hogan’s decision not to release the Geographic Cost of Education […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education says it will have to make deeper cuts after Governor Larry Hogan announced Thursday he would not fully fund the Geographic Cost of Education Index, in effect cutting in half the amount the county expected to get from this appropriation. The governor’s decision allocates the county $17 million from […]

Montgomery County Public Schools Board President Patricia O’Neill encouraged Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to restore full funding for the Geographic Cost of Education Index in her blog posted on the school system website Friday. Hogan has said he wanted to fund the index at 50 percent, meaning Montgomery County would lose out on $17 million. […]

As projects fight for fiscal 2016 funding during a tight budget year, the Montgomery County Council is keeping it annual “reconciliation list” of line items waiting in the wings for a shot at some cash. As of Wednesday afternoon, a partial list of operating budget tracking by committee shows a total of $21 million on that […]

By a vote of 8-1 the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday approved a nearly $32 million project to renovate the Council Office Building in Rockville. There was no discussion on the project before the vote Tuesday after it was introduced by Councilmember Nancy Navarro, whose Government Operations Committee recommended the project be inserted into the […]

More than fifty percent of the county’s operating budget goes to funding the school system. County Councilmember Craig Rice chairs the Council’s Education Committee, and he has been holding a series of budget forums along with leaders from Mongomery County Public Schools and Montgomery College. Our crew caught us with them at Kingsview Middle School […]

County Executive Isiah Leggett today released his recommended FY16 operating budget of $5.1 billion for the year that begins on July 1, 2015 – a budget that increases county government tax-supported spending by 1.1 percent while cutting the county property tax rate by about one cent. The budget closes an estimated $238 million gap in […]

County Executive Ike Leggett today released his recommended FY16 operating budget of $5.1 billion for the year that begins on July 1, 2015 – a budget that increases county government tax-supported spending by  1.1 percent while cutting the county property tax rate by about one cent. The budget closes an estimated $238 million gap in […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on Feb. 2nd to discuss a variety of issues including, transit funding and the future of the proposed Transit Authority, the safety of Metro, the measles outbreak, the recent homeless count, the future of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr and more. You […]