Montgomery County Public Schools asks state for more construction funding | Washington Examiner

Montgomery County Public Schools are asking the state to reconsider the $24 million its willing to pay for construction projects because it's $160.5 million short of what the cash-strapped school system says it should have gotten.

Now, school officials are appealing, hoping the state will give them at least $40 million, the amount the county had expected Maryland to contribute to the schools' fiscal 2013 Capital Improvement Program. If the state can't close the funding gap, the county could either pull funds away from other areas of its budget or cancel some school construction projects.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/education/2011/12/mcps-asks-state-more-construction-funding/2048121#ixzz1iGoYRf7y