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Montgomery College Sued Over Illegal Immigrant Policy
A lawsuit, filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court, claims the college is breaking the law by allowing recent graduates of the county's public schools — regardless of their immigration status — to attend the college at the in-county tuition rate. [1]
Maryland State Board of Education Asks Montgomery County School Official to Reconsider Charter Schools
The Maryland State Board of Education asked Montgomery school officials to give a denied charter school application "a second look and more fully articulate why such a school would not succeed". The state board wrote in its opinion that "The explanation the local board has given up to this point "is vague and, at best, confusing" and added that "Members of a local board have a duty to evaluate public charter school applications based on the sufficiency of their contents, and not on the board member's own personal view of whether charter schools should exist"[2]
Montgomery County Teachers' Union Pushes for Higher Taxes
Doug Prouty, president of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has been lobbying council members -- A good starting point for negotiations, he said, would be for the council to find $150 million in new property or other tax revenues.[3]
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References
- ↑ Montgomery College sued over illegal immigrant policy,Gazette.net, Maryland Community News Online, 21 Jan 2011
- ↑ Montgomery County school officials to reconsider charter school applications, The Washington Post, 30 Jan 2011
- ↑ Montgomery County should fill half of its $300M budget gap next year with new tax revenues, teachers union says, Gazette.net, Maryland Community News Online, 12 Jan 2011
