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Despite a struggling economy, state leaders are pushing several initiatives proposed by a state commission on higher-education funding.
Gov. Martin O’Malley was joined at a news conference Friday by Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D), legislative leaders and business representatives who served on the Commission to Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education.
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O’Malley (D) outlined three bills, including measures to stabilize tuition, to track student performance and to make permanent the P-20 Leadership Council, which aims to ensure that state schools are producing a competitive workforce.