Alumni delegate profile

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr. 

Democrat, District 29B, St. Mary's County. First elected to the House of Delegates in 2002. Member of the House since 1999:appointed and sworn in December 16, 1999. Member, Appropriations Committee (Member, Capital Budget Subcommittee; Chair, Education and Economic Development Subcommittee; Member, Oversight Committee on Pensions, Oversight Committee on Personnel). House Chair, Spending Affordability Committee. Chair, St. Mary's County Delegation. Chairman, Commission to Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education. Member, Maryland Transit Funding Steering Committee. Chairman, House Emergency Medical Services Workgroup.

Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, September 12, 1958. Towson State University, B.S., Finance, 1981. Senior Advisor to Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, 1993--. Project Analyst and Operations Manager, SFA, Inc., 1991--93. Senior Staff, Tractor Applied Sciences, Inc., 1987--91.  Legislative Assistant to Congressman Roy P. Dyson, 1981--87. Married, three children.

Annapolis office: 350 House Office Building, Annapolis, MD 21401-1912; phone:
410-841-3227 or 301-858-3227. E-mail: john.bohanan@house.state.md.us

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Towson University 2010

The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Towson University with a place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America's communities.

Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.

The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.

2010 | Student Experience and Success | Campus Master Plan

Legislative Information

FY2010 Operating Budget

Quality, Access, Affordability, Workforce and
Economic Development & Accountability

The Governor's FY10 budget provides $93.7M in operating funds. A 2.5% increase of which $2.6M is tuition replacement allowing $300K to go towards mandatory cost increases. The tuition freeze continues to make a Towson University education affordable and accessible. The freeze has also made great strides toward balancing the portion of tuition compared to state support for our students. This fall Towson University will continue to address the state's demand by enrolling approximately 4500 new freshmen, transfer and graduate students.

FY2010 Capital Budget
Implementing Towson University's Master Plan is a top priority and ensures that campus growth occurs in an efficient and effective manner. Implementation will result in new facilities and infrastructure to accommodate a substantial increase in enrollment to assist the University System of Maryland and the State in providing greater access to higher education and in meeting greater demand.

Towson University's capital funding priority for FY2010 is:

College of Liberal Arts Complex

Maintain $35M budgeted for construction funds with preauthorization for $42M in FY2011 to complete construction and purchase equipment for the College of Liberal Arts Complex.

Recent legislative bills pertaining to higher education that have been introduced in the General Assembly include:

• HB 789 / SB 861  Higher Education Funding Model for Maryland Act of 2009
• HB 693  University System of Maryland - Designated Growth Institutions - Community Impact Statement
• HB 900 / SB 402  Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
• HB 85 /  SB 183  College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009 
• HB 854 / SB 374  Institutions of Higher Education - College Textbooks - Publication of International Standard Book Numbers and Retail Prices
• HB 308 / SB 275  Higher Education - Higher Education Investment Fund - Funding
• HB 101  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009
• SB 693  Election Law - Maryland Student Voting Rights Act of 2009
• SB 728  Higher Education - System and Funding
• SB 822 Tuition Cap and College Opportunity Act of 2009
  
  

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