FOREST LAND TASK FORCE
Chairperson: Catherine I. Riley
Torrey C. Brown; Sheila Ellis Hixson.

Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3776

In July 1981, the Governor created this task
force at the request of the General Assembly (Joint
Resolution no. 30, Acts of 1981). The Task Force
studied the management and taxation of Maryland
forest lands, and recommended ways to improve
land use and preservation.

In January 1984, the Task Force reported to the
Governor.

TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE
FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION

Chairperson: Benjamin R. Civiletti

J. Edward Andrews; Samuel A. Bergin; Clarence
W. Blount; John A. Cade; Dr. Robert Y. Dubel;
Meyer M. Emanuel; Rebecca M. Goode; Rita S.
Gordon; C. Vernon Gray; Dr. David W.
Hornbeck; Frank J. Komenda; Sidney Kramer;
Blair Lee III; Danie) M. Long; Lucille Maurer;
Anne S. Perkins; James W. Spencer; Robert R.
Staab; H. Louis Stettler III.

Staff contact: Barbara A. Klein

Department of Fiscal Services
90 State Circle, Room 226
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-3710

In June 1983, the Governor created the Task
Force to Study the Funding of Public Education to
study State funding for local school systems. With
the goal of providing equal educational opportuni-
ty for all students, the Task Force reviewed all
State aid programs for local schools. It reported its
recommendations to the Governor in December
1983. Those recommendations modified the State's
formula for funding basic current expenses of
public education and were the basis for House Bill
669, enacted as Chapter 85, Acts of 1984.

The Governor, in July 1984, asked the Task
Force to resume its study. The Task Force exam-
ined ways to require increased county education
funding efforts and determine the feasibility of
implementing a cost of education index. The Task
Force also advised and assisted the new Account-
ability Task Force by recommending definitions
for expenditures that support classroom instruc-
tion, assessing the equity among counties in these

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expenditures, and analyzing the potential for im-
provement in equity from the use of new State
funds for this purpose.

The Task Force submitted its report in Decem-
ber 1984.

GOLDEN AGE CARD TASK FORCE

Chairperson: Robert Levine

Manor Hill Food Corporation
1200 Bernard Drive
Baltimore 21223 Telephone: 945-7222

The Golden Age Card Task Force completed its
assignment and disbanded in 1983.

STATE COORDINATING COMMITTEE
ON SERVICES TO HANDICAPPED
CHILDREN

Chairperson: Stanley R. Platman, M.D.

200 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 659-1083

The State Coordinating Committee on Services
to Handicapped Children was dismissed by the
Governor in 1983.

GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE ON
HAZARDOUS WASTE INITIATIVES

Chairperson: William M. Eichbaum

Office of Environmental Programs
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-7328

The Governor's Task Force on Hazardous
Waste Initiatives completed its assignment and
issued its final report on October 15, 1984.

TASK FORCE ON HEALTH-CARE
COST CONTAINMENT

Chairperson: Eugene M. Feinblatt

Carville M. Akehurst; H. Furlong Baldwin; Dr.
Mack Bonner, Jr.; Benjamin L. Cardin; Joel A.
Carrington, Ed.D.; Ernest B. Crofoot; Frederick
L. Dewberry; Winfield M. Kelly; Sr. Mary
Louise Lyons; Herbert R. O'Conor, Jr.; Louis A.
Orsini; Barbara A. Mikulski; Dr. Carl J.
Schramm; Melvin A. Steinberg; Bernard C.
Trueschler; John W. T. Webb; Adele Wilzack.