MarylandReporter.com
The Board of Public Works awarded $18 million in grants coming from the new 3% alcohol sales tax for school construction projects in Howard, Montgomery, and Anne Arundel counties.
Most of the revenues from the new tax, which was passed by the General Assembly earlier this year and has been collected since July, are earmarked for educational projects. The tax added on top of the 6% sales tax is expected to collect $88 million in revenues – more than $72 million of which are for schools in its first year. About $15 million is for the Developmental Disabilities Administration...
...Howard County is getting $4 million for the following projects.
- $2 million to replace the grass in the Atholton and Hammond high school stadiums with artificial turf...
Read more: http://marylandreporter.com/2011/10/06/18-million-in-alcohol-tax-funds-goes-to-schools/#ixzz1b5ngswA7
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