http://mddailyrecord.com/2009/11/11/...e-on-the-rise/
Stronger state revenues could mean Maryland will not have to make more cuts to the fiscal 2010 budget after $300 million in scheduled reductions are announced by the Board of Public Works later this month.
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Now the state faces serious challenges as it prepares to draft the fiscal 2011 budget in the upcoming legislative session.
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“The bottom line is there’s not going to be a lot of room for original thinking in the next capital budget. …. It’s truly a zero sum situation,” said Deschenaux.
For instance, spending dropped by about $200 million on capital projects and roughly $170 million on state agencies, while K-12 education grew by almost $1 billion.
Nearly 60 percent of the money for K-12 education went to fund the Thornton school reform plan, which was originally passed in 2002 to equalize educational opportunities across jurisdictions.
Thornton needs to be rethought. Tuition freeze needs to be lifted. Maryland now is listed as having one of the lowest in state tuitions around. Time to keep up with the "Joneses".
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