City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0276R

• File #: 07-0276R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 150/Senate Bill 231 - Education - Funding Formula for Adult Education and Literacy Grants
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/19/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/19/2007
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 150/Senate Bill 231 - Education - Funding Formula for Adult Education and Literacy Grants FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would require the State Department of Education to provide competitive adult education grants beginning in fiscal year 2008 for specified eligible adult education providers, that funding for State adult education grants be provided in the State budget, and provide for the manner of calculation of the amount of a specified State adult education grant available for each county for distribution to specified adult education providers; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
• Sponsors: Keiffer Mitchell, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Kenneth Harris, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/19/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
3/19/2007	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Mitchell


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 150/Senate Bill 231 - Education - Funding Formula for Adult Education and Literacy Grants

FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would require the State Department of Education to provide competitive adult education grants beginning in fiscal year 2008 for specified eligible adult education providers, that funding for State adult education grants be provided in the State budget, and provide for the manner of calculation of the amount of a specified State adult education grant available for each county for distribution to specified adult education providers; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
Body
Recitals

This legislation seeks to increase Maryland's investment in adult education by establishing a funding method that will ensure that Maryland has a sustainable and adequate adult education and literacy program, as well as adhere to the Superintendent's Panel on Excellence in Adult Education report that recommended that the State increase its investment in adult education by $26 million over the next 5 years.

According ...