The Maryland Public Policy Institute
MARYLAND POLICY REPORT
MAY 17, 2004
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In 2002, the Maryland General Assembly approved Senate Bill 856, requiring the state to provide an additional $1.1 billion for public education by 2008. The legislation formally committed the state to the proposal by the Thornton Commission on Education Finance, Equity and Excellence to boost the amount of per-pupil state aid to education from $3,500 to more than $5,600—an increase of 63 percent.1 The following year, new governor Robert Ehrlich’s office submitted the first budget to include funding for the Thornton proposal.
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