Montgomery to cut recruit class, raise college funding

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Montgomery County will cut a fire and rescue worker recruit class and kick in about $1.2 million more for Montgomery College to replace state funding, under proposed budget adjustments fromCounty Executive Ike Leggett.

Officials in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office say state legislators voted to reduce aid for Maryland community colleges from certain formula levels, which leaves county leaders who were counting on specific amounts of state money to figure out how to fill the hole.

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