Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. (standing), a top adviser to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), confers with House Majority Leader Eric G. Luedtke (D-Montgomery)
Of all the measures the Maryland General Assembly took this year to bolster the work of the so-called Kirwan Commission, one formed a work group to study how two key state education agencies would implement the commission’s eventual recommendations.
Created by statute, the Workgroup to Study the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission held its first meeting in Annapolis Monday afternoon.
It didn’t go so well.
In fact, the meeting served as a reminder of the tensions over the Kirwan plan between Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) and his administration and the Democrats who control the General Assembly session. While the Kirwan Commission is putting the finishing touches on its proposal to improve public education over the next few weeks, Hogan has been criticizing its likely reliance on tax hikes to fund a series of reforms and has announced his plans to work to defeat it.
