Education

Back to the Basics on Thornton:

Why it Was Needed and What it Does

September 21, 2004

Download our Maryland Policy Report, Back to the Basics on Thornton: Why It Was Needed and What it Does and read the press release.

New Data on Education Spending: We're #42! Some decry the Thornton plan as "fiscally irresponsible." But the alternative is an education funding effort that is among the lowest in the U.S. 03/18/05 Reader Comments and Our Feedback 03/22/05

Maryland Priorities? Funding for Elementary and Secondary Education 03/11/05

Was Thornton Fully Funded? An excerpt from Back to the Basics on Thornton. New 9/21/04

Education Aid Before Thornton Before Thornton, only three states paid for a lower share of education costs than Maryland (which relied more heavily on local governments to pay for k-12 education). New 9/21/04

For more in-depth information on the Thornton law we recommend several resources that are available online from the Maryland General Assembly's webpage.

A complete archive of the minutes, reports and deliberations of the Thornton Commission are available at www.mlis.state.md.us/other/education/index.htm

The "Fiscal Note" provides an explanation of the legislation and the estimated costs at the time of passage.

October 22, 2003 briefing prepared by the Maryland Department of Legislative Services for the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee on the Thornton law. The end of this briefing discusses how local governments are using increased education funds.