Dozens of state and local officials representing Montgomery County strategized Tuesday morning about easing an $80 million funding problem threatening school and other agency budgets.

The money is the amount the county must give the school system to ensure “maintenance of effort,” according to a state law that requires counties to fund school systems at consistent or increasing levels above a set minimum, even during an economic downturn. Local officials say it needs to be changed.

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