October 16th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

Allegany County Commissioner Bill Valentine says he doesn’t anticipate the Kirwan Commission to complete its charge by the end of December as had been hoped. The 25-member commission, formed to revamp the way the state distributes funding to school systems, has been holding public hearings across the state before issuing a report to the legislature. The General Assembly will then decide how to implement its recommendations. A study released last year estimated it would take an additional $1.9 billion in state funding and $1 billion in local funding to adequately fund Maryland’s schools. Valentine says it’s been a slow process to date…