Statement from Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown On Senate Committee on Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Favorable Report of SB 257
ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 6, 2009) – Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown released the following statement in response to the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee’s favorable report of SB 257:
“I thank the Senate Committee on Education, Health and Environmental Affairs for honoring our military families and sending SB 257 to the full Senate with a favorable report. Over the course of their K-12 education, military children can change schools as many as six to nine times – as often as once every 18 months. By passing this common sense legislation, we are giving military students the opportunity to succeed in our schools and in the schools in which they may enroll next year or the year after.”
Last month, Lt. Governor Brown testified before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in support of SB 257. The Interstate Compact was first conceptualized by the Council of State Governments (CSG) in 2006. Last year, eleven states passed legislation to join the Interstate Compact, including Delaware. Twenty-two states and commonwealths are currently considering legislation to join the Interstate Compact, including New Jersey and Virginia. Because of the 2005 decisions of the Base Realignment and Closure commission, Maryland expects to welcome as many as 28,000 new households, many from Ft. Monmouth in New Jersey and Defense Information Securities Agency in Northern Virginia.
The committee provided a favorable recommendation with a minor technical amendment.
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