The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland on Thursday held its final virtual meeting of this year’s 90-day session with a few special guests: presidents from three of the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities who presented some recent successes and continuing needs.
Morgan State University in East Baltimore serves the most Black students in the state, said the school’s President David K. Wilson. And he said the school needs an additional $42 million to continue and complete various capital projects.
Another school in the city, Coppin State University in West Baltimore, requested $15 million to expand the Coppin Academy, a public charter school which President Anthony L. Jenkins proudly proclaimed is the only high school in the state housed on the campus of a higher education institution.
Heidi M. Anderson doesn’t want state lawmakers to forget about the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in rural Somerset County. It is the state’s only land-grant HBCU and one of 19 in the nation. Among several priorities, President Anderson said, about $17 million is needed to build an agricultural recreation building because funding for it from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to expire in October.
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