State House subcommittee ups bucks for education; Senate GOPers to offer up their own state budget; proposal would hold vendors liable for some criminal drunkenness; on the radio: Kirk Bloodsworth on the death penalty and fracking for gas in Western Maryland; women’s safety in mental health institutions subject of bill; Mitchell’s empathy subject of ribbing; O’Malley asks congressional delegation for federal aid; and Leopold probed for campaign actions.
Day: March 17, 2011
5,139 state employees made made more than $100,000; most worked for the University of Maryland
UPDATE: See the top earners here.
Out of 148,362 people who were paid any sort of salary by the state of Maryland in fiscal 2010, about 3% of them made six-figure salaries. According to a list from the Comptroller’s Office, 5,139 government employees were paid more than $100,000 in the last fiscal year. Almost two-thirds of them – or 3,310 – worked for the University of Maryland.
Committee hikes school aid to keep spending per pupil the same
As expected, the education appropriations subcommittee in the House boosted school aid for fiscal 2012 so that all local school systems will receive the same amount per-pupil as they did last year. In his budget, Gov. Martin O’Malley had proposed freezing education funding, but enrollment growth was going to produce less money per student. Education advocates and teachers unions had lobbied heavily for a restoration of the aid.
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