MACo Resists Unfunded One-Size-Fits-All School Infrastructure Mandate

...While well-intentioned, this bill would place a costly mandate on county governments to carry out new state policies to create sidewalks and crosswalks as alternative routes for all public-school students. MACo does not raise policy objections to the bill’s goal of ensuring safe routes for students – county concerns are merely practical and cost-driven...

https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2026/02/24/maco-resists-unfunded-one-size-fits-all-school-infrastructure-mandate/