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Maryland State Education Association

Apr 18, 2012

‘Doomsday’ clock is ticking

“Doomsday” is less than 74 days away. That is, the impact of a fiscal 2013 budget enacted by the General Assembly that contains some $500 million in cuts could be […]

Apr 18, 2012

State employees unveil “Doomsday Clock” for cuts

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland state employees will be unveiling a “Doomsday Clock” to count down when a half a billion in budget cuts will take effect, unless a special session is […]

Feb 29, 2012

New effort to fix ‘maintenance of effort’ law

ANNAPOLIS — In an effort to help counties match state school spending, legislators have introduced a bill to help fix what many consider to be a broken maintenance of effort […]

Aug 8, 2011

Teachers union rejects pension commission proposals

The state teachers union is rejecting most of the final recommendations of the special pension commission, particularly its proposal to shift half the funding of pensions onto county school boards […]

Dec 12, 2010

Maryland teachers’ union head rips state pension process

The executive director of the state teachers’ union has said the process being used by the commission considering changes to state pensions was “offensive,” rushed and lacked both details and […]