Developers may help fund school work

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Developers would be more likely to foot some of the costs for expanding over-capacity schools in areas where they build large housing complexes under changes to the county’s growth policy debated by Montgomery County’s council Monday.

The Planning, Housing and Economic Development committee members analyzed a planning board proposal to charge developers a school-facilities payment when development would cause projected enrollment at area schools to increase to 110 percent of listed capacity.

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