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Title: A Comparable Wage Index for Maryland
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: In 2002, the Maryland General Assembly enacted Chapter 288, the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act. The Act established new primary state education aid formulas based on adequacy cost studies. These adequacy cost studies – conducted in 2000 and 2001 under the purview of the Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence – employed the professional judgment and successful schools methods and other education finance analytical tools. State funding to implement the Bridge to Excellence Act was phased in over six years, reaching full implementation in fiscal year 2008. Chapter 288 requires that a follow-up study of the adequacy of education funding in the State be undertaken approximately 10 years after the enactment of the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act. The study must include, at a minimum, (1) adequacy cost studies that identify (a) a base funding level for students without special needs and (b) per pupil weights for students with special needs, where weights can be applied to the base funding level, and (2) an analysis of the effects of concentrations of poverty on adequacy targets. The adequacy cost study will be based on the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards (MCCRS) adopted by the State Board of Education. The adequacy cost study will include two years of results from the new state assessments aligned with the standards. These assessments . . .
Url: http://marylandpublicschools.org/Documents/adequacystudy/APAPOAGCEIFinalReport070716.pdf
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Authors: Imazeki, Jennifer
Publisher: The Maryland State Department of Education
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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