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Thursday, June 28,
2018
as well as the other
At- taxpayer money
lantic Coastal states.
and federal grants.
The report pointed
It has operated since
out a pair of proj-
ects, both oyster
1958 and controls
preservation projects,
the
licensing of commercial that cost the commission $400,000.
This took a heavy
and recreational fishers
toll
sions operating funds on the commis-
and anglers alike.
appreciate, according they did not fully
The
to the audit.
commission
According to the
is based in Colonial
report the commis-
sion diverted revenues
Beach, Va.
from
licenses,
surcharges inspection all oyster
The audit found
taxes
that
the commission increas- identification tags to these projects. and
The audit chided
ingly cannot operate
the commission for
expending so much
without spending
on one portion
out
its reserve accounts of fisheries preservation at the expense of
and
of
it does little to regulate all else.
“While the preservation
its own spending.
of the oyster
“During fiscal 2017, population is important, concentrating
all funding efforts
the commission
in this area without
used
$80,000 in cash restrict- gard for other areas of responsibility re-
and
the
need
for funds for ongoing
ed for future projects
Potomac River Fisheries
adminis-
trative operations
Commission
to cover operating
ex- ability to remain could result in the in-
penses when there
a
viable
By Guy Leonard
going
concern,”
was the audit stated.
no operating cash
Staff Writer
in tenuous financial
avail-
Concurrently, the audit
condition, a report
able,” the report stated.
from state’s Office
mission had problems found the com-
of Legislative Audits
“As
The Potomac River
recording and ac-
states.
the commission had of June 30, 2017, counting for all
of its financial transac-
not
sion, which is charged Fisheries Commis-
The commission coordinates
reserve for these funds. reimbursed the tion; it did not
with the preserva-
have accounting personnel
tion and oversight
fisheries
“At the end
of the fishery shared regulations between the Maryland
with adequate
by both Maryland
De- commission’ of fiscal year 2017, the ing standards knowledge of account-
and Virginia, is still partment of Natural Resources
s deficit for restricted
to do so, according
and the totaled
Virginia Marine Resources
to the
approximately $145,000, funds report.
Commission
an in-
crease of $55,000
The commission does
over the fiscal year
2016 deficit.”
secure location where not even have a
it
stores
the back-
The report stated
ups to its servers,
the
according to the audit,
erated at a loss of $84,000 commission op- which makes
them “subject to damage,
for fiscal 2017,
demonstrating an
“inability to operate destruction or loss.”
with a positive cash
The commission responded
balance.”
to the au-
47729 Devin Circle,
The commission’s
Lexington Park, MD
revenues decreased dit saying it had heeded the advice given
from $815,685 in fiscal
20653
and was searching
for ways to correct
2016 to $790,589
NO MONEY DOWN AREA!
in fiscal 2017; the
the
problems.
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its
revenues from licenses
but also from Maryland and surcharges
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Local News
Governor Hogan Annou
Kirwan Commission nces $18.6 Mil. for
Education Initiatives Recommendations,
Career and Technical
Programs, Teacher
11
Educational Grants,
Before and After
Scholarships, and
School Safety Funding School
Governor Larry
Hogan today an- academic program offered before
and
nounced $18.6 mil- after the school day, or in summer
lion in new educa- a school with a high concentratio for
n of
tion funding to go students in kindergarten through
eighth
living in poverty
toward a series
and at risk of falling
of
initiatives, includ- behind academic requirements,
along
with $500,000 for
ing recommenda
the recruitment, train-
-
Photo courtesy of
tions from Mary- ing, and ongoing development of
new
Office of Governor
land’s Commission teachers.
Hogan’s website.
An additional $4.9
on Innovation and
million will
Excellence in Edu- used by the Interagency Commission be
cation, known as
the Kirwan Commis- School Construction (IAC) to conduct On
sion. While the Commission
statewide facilities
a
assessment.
will present
its final findings
The governor also
and
at the end of 2018, recommendations ditional $1.8 million authorized an ad-
this funding reflects
in the current fis-
preliminary recommenda
cal year
tions made through for need-based scholarships
earlier this year.
the Maryland
“Every child in Maryland
Commission (MHEC). Higher Education
deserves ac-
cess to a world-class
In addition to the
education, regard-
less of what neighborhoo
Kirwan recommenda funding for the
d they happen released
tions, Hogan
to grow up in,” said
$40 million in school also
Governor Hogan.
safety
“That’s why our administrati
funding that had
been restricted
on has pro- legislature
vided record funding
in the budget. This by the
funding
for four years in a row for K-12 education includes: $23.5
million
mitted to innovative and has been com- capital improvemen for safety-related
and outside-the-box
ts;
education strategies,
grants to local school $10.6 million in
such as P-TECH
systems to en-
and our ACCESS
Initiative. These new hance school safety; $3 million
for the
investments are yet
another way we are Maryland Center for School Safety’s
giving our students
even more opportu- operations, including 13 new positions;
nities to learn, grow,
$2.5
million
to
help
and thrive.”
with newly required
The new funding
for Kirwan Com- school safety evaluations; and $1 million
mission initiatives
for Hate Crime School
includes:
Safety Grants.
$2.5 million for an
“Keeping our kids
early literacy pro-
safe is one of our
gram, providing additional
most
reading sup- Hogan. important jobs,” said Governor
port to eligible students
“This past session
in kindergarten
we enacted
through 8th grade.
landmark school
safety legislation
$2 million for the Teaching
to
create aggressive,
statewide standards
Fellows for for school
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of higher education
safe-
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Auction Service
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of
security for students
benefit/private auction will be
and parents.”
$250,000 to encourage teachers.
During the 2018
working auctions
events;
legislative session,
the top 25 Hogan
out of the local area
percent of high school
advocated for significantly
and attending
the
graduates
National
from er levels of
Auctionee
each county to consider
school safety funding high-
becoming teach-
International Auctionee r’s Conference and the
ers by increasing
than
awareness of avail- those ultimately adopted by the General
ring Contest. Our
able financial aid
auction
Assembly.
next
will
public
He proposed
be in August.
programs for teaching
candidates.
$125 million to accelerate an additional
and enhance
$2 million to promote
safety improvemen
ts in schools, as well
high-quality, as
innovative Career
an additional $50
and
million annually in
tion (CTE) through Technical Educa- operating funds
Multi-Estate Auction
competitive grants
for new school safety
for local boards of
education to partner grants that could be used for school
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additional $4.4 billion
$120,000 for a study
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2019.
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