Maryland General Assembly pushes education act through

The Maryland House and Senate voted to override Governor Hogan's veto on the Protect Our Schools Act Thursday.

The House voted 90-50 with the Senate voting 32-15 to push the bill through.

According to the Maryland State Education Association the legislation will make Maryland a leader in closing opportunity gaps while reducing standardized testing and prevent privatization.

"I really think that we are going to set a model for the country," said Betty Weller, President of the MSEA.  "We're going to get away from a philosophy that has not worked, it has not closed achievement gaps, and we're going to try looking at the things that go into the test score and not just the test score itself."

Weller says the act will give more power to school districts to decide what the right fix for a low-performing building would be.