Carroll County Board of Education submits legislative proposals
Posted October 12th, 2006
The Carroll County Board of Education has distributed the following Legislative Proposals for the 2007 Maryland General Assembly in a press release received this afternoon.
Any feedback needs to be submitted to feedback@k12.carr.org. And the release said that the legislative proposals “will be returned to the Board for approval on November 8.”
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The following legislative statements are proposed as Board of Education of Carroll County positions for the 2007 General Assembly.
10/11/06
General Positions
Support local control of education policy, curriculum, and school system administration.
Support local control of appropriations and expenditures within budget categories.
Support full State funding for education.
Oppose unfunded or partially funded State mandates.
Specific Legislative Positions
Public Charter Schools
Support legislation that maintains local control and authority over public charter schools and clarifies current
Holding local boards harmless for costs that do not decrease as students leave to attend charter schools. These would include, but not limited to, operation and maintenance expenses, debt service, legal expenses, and special education expenses.
Providing specific procedures for dealing with the disposition of a charter school’s assets upon the school’s closure or dissolution with state technical assistance.
Clarifying ownership of failed charter school assets which have been purchased with public funds.
Recovering funds when students transfer back from charter schools.
Oppose legislation that:
Creates waivers for charter schools that release them from compliance with State law and Board policies.
Allows virtual schools to be recognized as Charter Schools.
Expands charter school authority beyond local school boards or weakens academic requirements.
Education Funding & Budget
Support as a minimum requirement the current maintenance of effort as stipulated in the Education Article, Annotated Code of
Support full funding of the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act for Fiscal Year 2007 including increased funding to reflect regional differences in the cost of education.
Oppose any shift in funding responsibility for teacher retirement costs from the State to County governments and local school systems.
Special Education
Support legislation that aligns
Public School Construction - School Construction Funding
Support $400 million state funding level for school construction and renovation projects for 2007.
Support legislation or regulations to revise the State’s definition of eligible project costs to include architectural, engineering and site development costs.
Support legislation to exempt school construction projects from the Prevailing Wage Law or increasing to 75% or more the percentage of State money that must be used in a school project before Prevailing Wage applies.
Teacher Recruitment
Support the development and funding of substantial scholarship and tuition remission programs for students who enter into the teaching profession and commit to teach in
Unemployment Benefits
Support legislation exempting school system employees from unemployment benefits when weather or other events require schools to be closed for brief periods of time.
Collective Bargaining
Support legislation that establishes a commission to study pay for performance models of teacher compensation.
Sponsor legislation that alters the definition of “public school employee” for non-certificated supervisory employees of Carroll County Public Schools in the same manner that currently exists for Baltimore County Public Schools. This change allows eligible non-certificated and certificated supervisory employees to be represented by the same bargaining unit.
Oppose enabling legislation that would allow binding arbitration or agency shop to be negotiated through the collective bargaining process.
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