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Legislative wrap: Minimum wage, education funds successes in election-year General Assembly
Catholic Review ^ | 4/8/14 | Maria Wiering

Posted on 04/08/2014 10:38:15 AM PDT by Welchie25

The Maryland Catholic Conference counts the boost in minimum wage and full funding of two programs benefiting nonpublic schools among its successes as the General Assembly adjourned April 7.

Legislators passed a bill April 7 raising the state’s minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $10.10 incrementally by 2018. The final bill does not require, as earlier drafts did, that the wage be indexed to inflation. It also extended by one year the original proposal’s timeline for the full wage increase to take effect.

The MCC, which advocates for public policy on behalf of the state’s Catholic bishops, supported a general wage increase, said Chris Ross, MCC associate director for social concerns. Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden twice joined state leaders, including Gov. Martin J. O’Malley, at rallies promoting a wage hike.

“This affects working families,” Ross said. “That (the wage increase) was a (session) highlight, knowing that those people are going to have further assistance.”

The 2015 budget, which passed April 5, retained governor-proposed funding levels for two MCC-backed education programs. A program providing money for nonpublic school textbooks and technology was funded at $6 million, and a program providing grants for infrastructure renovations and security improvements at aging schools was funded at $3.5 million.

Last year was the first time in 13 years that the textbook program was funded at the proposed amount, said Garrett O’Day, MCC associate director for education and family life. The aging school program was added to the budget last year.

“We hope it sets a precedent to give much-needed help to our schools,” O’Day said of the aging schools grant. “There’s a lot of schools that have deferred maintenance projects that they were able to take care of.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: generalassembly; government; legislature; maryland; minimumwage; parochiaid; romancatholicism

1 posted on 04/08/2014 10:38:15 AM PDT by Welchie25
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The Maryland Catholic Conference counts the boost in minimum wage and full funding of two programs benefiting nonpublic schools among its successes

Tells you what you need to know about the Catholic Church's official political views. Hard Left.

2 posted on 04/08/2014 10:49:07 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Welchie25; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Whatever happened to all that hand-wringing about establishment of religion?

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


3 posted on 04/09/2014 9:36:59 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: Welchie25

Blog-pimpin’ yet again, huh?


4 posted on 04/10/2014 1:03:15 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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