Teachers fighting freeze on state aid for retirement

Teachers across the state are fretting over the governor?s threat to freeze $63 million in state aid for retirement benefits.

Baltimore County would have to pick up the tab for $7.6 million in state funding for teacher pension plans, and Baltimore City would have to pay $6 million, according to Gov. Martin O?Malley?s “doomsday” budget reductions. The state can avoid these spending cuts, O?Malley said, if lawmakers pass his slots and tax plan during the special session, which starts today.