The Washington Post: Montgomery County set to give public schools $50 million over state minimum
...This year, the school system asked for $51.7 million over MOE.
County Executive Isiah Leggett’s proposed 2015 budget gave Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) $26 million in county funds over the MOE threshold. He also proposed adding another $11 million from the unspent MCPS general fund balance (money that doesn’t count against the MOE limit).
Under a plan from Council President Craig Rice (D-Upcounty), the council would shift the $26 million under Leggett’s proposal to a health-care trust account for retired MCPS employees — and add $13.3 million from a projected surplus in current health-care funds. Use of these funds would not reset next year’s MOE base...
"Use of these funds would not reset next year’s MOE base..." Taxpayers should not kid themselves. This secretly negotiated 'deal' sets a new base and you can be sure that next year the Board that you elect this June 24 and this November will come back using this as a new baseline. BTW, council members are up for election in the primaries June 24th and in November. Do you want to re-elect councilmembers whose pattern is to negotiate secret backroom deals and then present the outcome to the citizens in the pretend MoCo 'democracy?' Up to you.
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