The budget’s investments in public education are “historic,” according to the Maryland State Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union.
Among other initiatives, the council approved a new apartment complex’s development plan, discussed improving senior accessibility and mental health services and passed the budget for fiscal year 2023.
The analysis commissioned by the university's chapter of the American Association of University Professors also found that hiring of tenure-track faculty has gone down.
Cuts from the University System of Maryland’s budget were restored after the General Assembly adopted Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s budget for public higher education.