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Educators Will Navigate New Hurdles to Reach Legislators

This Month in Annapolis Educators Will Navigate New Hurdles to Reach Legislators MSEA will be advocating for educators as usual during the 2021 General Assembly session, even though access to lawmakers will shrink because of pandemic-related safety protocols and prohibitions inside the Capitol. House and Senate galleries will be closed to the public; a limited […]
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The 4 Veto Overrides Needed to Help Maryland Schools

“While we are in the midst of a public health and economic crisis of an extraordinary magnitude, stopping progress on education and school construction puts us even further behind." -- House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne Jones
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What's Next for Education Funding?

Governor, Pandemic Threaten Education Funding Educators know that this is the session when we must be prepared to fight to override Gov. Hogan’s shortsighted vetoes of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and other legislation tied to millions in school funding this year and in the future. Overriding those vetoes will help Maryland set the right […]
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NAACP, States Carry the Torch for Federal CARES Act Money

In June, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos launched another attack on public education when she tried to unlawfully impose conditions to redirect emergency federal aid from the CARES Act from public to private schools. In September, that rule—to require public schools to share funding with low-income students at private schools within the same district—backfired. Maryland Attorney […]
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The Blueprint for Maryland's Future: Now More than Ever

Click here to thank legislators for their past support of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and ask them to override Gov. Hogan’s veto of the Blueprint when the General Assembly next convenes. The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the legislation passed in March with overwhelming bipartisan support, is designed to lift up every child in every […]
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18,000 EDUCATOR EMAILS STOP GOV. HOGAN’S EDUCATION CUTS

Just three people sit on Maryland’s Board of Public Works (BPW): Comptroller Peter Franchot, Treasurer Nancy Kopp, and Governor Larry Hogan. Just three votes with a lot of power over a lot of money. That’s because the BPW can manage and amend the state budget when the General Assembly isn’t in session. So on June […]
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New School Funding TV Ads and Polling Boost Momentum to Increase Funding

$500,000 Ad Buy to Run across Maryland; 71% Support Increased Funding As a new school year begins and the General Assembly prepares to revise the state’s public school funding formula for the first time in 20 years, a new ad campaign starting today and a new public poll illustrate the wide support and positive effects […]
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Educator Activism Helps Stop Budget Cuts

  THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Pandemic Effects: Avoiding Catastrophe At the end of June, Gov. Hogan and his Department of Budget and Management proposed $1.45 billion in state budget cuts, including $345 million from school- and educator-related funding and programs. The first round of the proposed cuts was scheduled to be acted on by the […]
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To Protect Educator Jobs and Safety, We Must Win on School Funding

Photo © Stephen Cherry Educators around the state are concerned about job security, losing work hours, and protecting their salary and safety during the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout. Uncertainty about the future contributes to anxiety and trauma at a time when anxiety is already high because of the risk from coronavirus. The Maryland […]
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