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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adam Pagnucco asks a pretty common sense and obvious question that I think we, as taxpayers, need to demand an answer for.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/05/06/will-the-council-ever-impose-accountability-on-mcps/

[QUOTE]In return for that, what did the Education Committee get?  Read their press release.  Can you find anything other than vague hopeful statements?  I can’t.  I also can’t locate a specific commitment MCPS had to make in order to get the money.

In any other industry – real estate, finance, health care, IT, you name it – when someone agrees to give you $49.5 million, you have to agree to give them something – a BIG something – in return.

Why can’t it work that way in county government?

Look, MCPS deserves robust funding.  Its success is critical to the success of the county and right now its performance is in question.  But there should be no blank checks for them or anyone else.  Subject to the constraints of state law, the county council is the ultimate funding authority for county agencies.  And before sending extra taxpayer money to the school system that is permanently baked into its budget via the state’s maintenance of effort law, the council should insist on accountability with that money. [/QUOTE]

I agree with Adam's POV wholeheartedly. I'm fine with giving MCPS the additional money it's asking for, but that money must come with hooks and requirements attached. Stop giving people who've abused funds and privilege a blank check.[/quote]

The council is correct. It doesn't have line-item authority. If you don't like this, work with the state to change this.[/quote]

Clearly you didn’t even read the article which was all about how even without the line-item authority, they could still use their leverage to demand specific improvements.[/quote]

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