Citizens Push For Bill To Bring County More State Aid


County residents and officials push for the bill 835 that will change the dates to determine county’s wealth.

A Prince George’s County school bus traveled Wednesday to Annapolis, but there were no students aboard.

Instead, the bus carried a dozen parents and school board members heading to testify before the Senate Budget and Taxation and Committee on behalf of the Equity in State Aid to Counties Act of 2010, which would distribute aid more evenly between Prince George’s County and wealthier counties.

Senate Bill 835, filed in February by Ulysses Currie (D-Dist. 25) of District Heights and Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Dist. 23) of Bowie, seeks to include tax returns through Nov. 1 when determining a county’s wealth. Currently, state aid to counties is calculated based on residents’ county income tax returns filed by Aug. 15. However, Peters and Currie say wealthier residents in other counties tend to file their taxes late in October, after the deadline used to calculate county aid, causing wealthier counties to receive more aid than they should.

State aid to county school systems is based directly on property taxes and school enrollment numbers, with wealthier counties receiving less state aid.



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