The General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 856, the Bridge to
Excellence in Public Schools Act on April 4, 2002. The legislation restructured
Maryland’s public school finance system and increased State aid to public
schools. The legislation also stipulated that the State must set academic
content and student achievement standards, ensure that schools and students have
sufficient resources to meet those standards and hold schools and school systems
accountable for student performance. In turn, local school systems must develop
a five year comprehensive master plan that includes goals and strategies to
promote academic excellence among all students and to eliminate performance gaps
that persist based on students’ race, ethnicity, socioeconomic circumstances,
disability, and native language. The following is a summary of the Somerset
County Master Plan in accord with Senate Bill 856, the “Bridge to Excellence”
and the State of Maryland’s Master Plan in accord with “No Child Left Behind.”
You can read the entire report or a single chapter by clicking
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Master Plan Update
11/2007
