LWVMD Statewide Study: Local Control of Education
Adopted at 2023 State Convention, this study considers whether to update the existing LWVMD position on Local Control of Education. The study committee, chaired by Gail Sunderman, presented their findings at the 2025 State Convention. Local Leagues have been asked to hold consensus meetings and submit their report to LWVMD by October 17, 2025.
Current LWVMD position:
Financing Education: The primary responsibility for funding public elementary and secondary education lies with the state (1972, 1975). Support for:
1. A foundation program based on a weighted per pupil formula supported from general state revenues at a level high enough to eliminate inequities.
2. Some local leeway to provide additional funding for education.
3. Continuation of local control over the schools.
4. The encouragement of increased federal funding for education.
2025 Study Consensus Question:
In order to clarify that funding education is a state/local shared responsibility, should LWVMD remove “continuation of local control over the schools” (#3) from its current Financing Education position and amend the current position (#2) to state support for: “Some leeway for city/county councils and boards of education to provide additional funding for education”?
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