Former USM chancellor to chair state education panel

ANNAPOLIS — A former University System of Maryland chancellor will lead a panel that will review state education funding levels.
Maryland officials announced Tuesday that William “Brit” Kirwan will chair the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education.
The panel will follow up on the work of the Thornton Commission, which resulted in 2002 legislation that set K-12 education aid formulas...
...Among other tasks, the commission will recommend updated base per-pupil funding and funding for special-needs students...

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