Baltimore County would be the biggest loser when it comes to the shifting of teacher pension costs to the state’s 24 local jurisdictions under a budget proposal introduced today by Gov. Martin O’Malley.

O’Malley’s proposed fiscal year 2013 budget includes shifting $240 million in teacher pension costs to local governments. After accounting for more than $244 million in so-called offsets that O’Malley said would soften the blow, Baltimore County would still have to cover about $1.8 million in costs as a result, according to a Maryland Department of Budget and Management document released at the request of Patch.

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