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H.B. 1215 VETOES
have the potential to learn, indeed to prosper. The dire academic situation demands
quick action and any delay will accomplish nothing. The Maryland State Board of
Education's actions were not precipitous; they were based on years of solid data and
provide us with a carefully drawn blueprint for building a future for thousands of
children too long ignored.
How many more generations of future nurses, teachers, elected officials, and
successful citizens will live lives of unrealized dreams and should we condemn to
despair by our failure to act? I urge the Maryland General Assembly to allow the
Maryland State Department of Education to do its job on behalf of our children.
For the above reasons, I have vetoed House Bill 1215.
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
House Bill No. 1215
AN ACT concerning
Baltimore City Public School System--Debt Authorization
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the State Board of Education and the State
Superintendent of Schools from imposing a certain restructuring of a governance
arrangement of certain schools in Baltimore City or removing a public school
from the direct control of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners;
increasing the maximum aggregate principal amount of bonds issued by the
Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners of the Baltimore City Public
School System which may be outstanding on certain dates; providing for the
interpretation and application of certain provisions of this Act; providing for the
termination of certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to the debt
authorisation for the Baltimore City Public School System.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article -Education
Section 2-205(a) and (c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 2-205(b) and 4-306.2(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Education
Section 4-309(d)
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