Developers would be barred from building in neighborhoods if adding homes would cause projected enrollment at area schools to increase to 20 percent beyond their capacity, according to policy changes tentatively approved tuesday.

During a straw vote, Montgomery County Council members backed changing growth policy to halt development around schools if a school cluster is projected to reach more than 120 percent of capacity over the next five years.

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