Annapolis, MD (WBFF) — Financial pain is coming as Maryland faces a nearly 3-billion-dollar budget deficit due in large part to public education spending.
The warning signs have been there for years, but many lawmakers in Annapolis appear to have looked the other way.
On Wednesday, lawmakers from the Maryland House and Senate met in Annapolis for a joint hearing to discuss Governor Wes Moore’s proposed adjustments to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – the state’s landmark education reform bill passed in 2021, almost two years before Moore took office. The Blueprint pumps $30 billion additional tax dollars into public education over the first 10 years. And $4 billion additional dollars every year after that. The law, in part, increases teacher salaries, expands Pre-K and doubles teacher collaboration time.
Now, with Maryland facing a nearly $3 billion budget deficit, the massive cost of the Blueprint has come into question.
Hogan was right on the Kirwan Commission blue print. It put us on an unsustainable path to disappointment and deficit .
It isn’t rocket science. Anybody could have predicted it as soon as a moron was selected.
“But, it’s for the children”. Sure it is!!!!