Maryland Gov. Hogan unveils plans for education reform, school construction

Declaring that education has been and will continue to be a top priority of his administration, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced his education proposals for 2020.

Hogan called his education reform proposal the “CLASS Act of 2020.” The acronym stands for the Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools Act.

Under the proposal, any school with the state’s lowest rating of “1 star” for two years in a row would “automatically” be designated as an “innovation school.”

Hogan said in those cases, “Local communities will be able to take charge of that failing school and be empowered to enact critical changes in leadership, curriculum, policies, schedules and budgets,” and develop a turnaround plan...

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