Montgomery County school funding plan fails legal test - wtop.com

Montgomery County school funding plan fails legal test - wtop.com

...A ruling from Attorney General Doug Gansler found that the county's attempt at covering a $79 million funding formula known as "maintenance of effort" was "artificial." Bottom line: The way the county patched together the state requirement in the budget wasn't legal.
Superintendent of Schools Jerry Weast issued a statement that laid the blame for the situation on the Montgomery County Council.
"We offered suggestions and ideas to the County Council for legal ways we could help them and we were not listened to. In the end, we had a solution pushed upon us that, it turns out, was illegal. I guess no good deed goes unpunished."...

Full text of the Maryland Attorney General's Opinion has been obtained by the Parents' Coalition and can be read here.