For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Substance Abuse Prevention in Schools is
Focus of Committee Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.
Also on Oct. 19: Report on
gateway signage in Wheaton, and review of possible
Student Loan Refinancing Authority
ROCKVILLE, Md., October 18, 2017—The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet jointly with the Education (ED) Committee at 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 19 to discuss substance abuse prevention efforts in schools with representatives from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The HHS and ED Committees’ joint meeting will be held in the Seventh Floor Council Hearing Room.
The Committees will discuss substance abuse and suicide trend data for youth; the collaborative efforts between MCPS, DHHS and other key stakeholders to implement substance abuse prevention efforts in schools; and prevention activities sponsored and supported by MCPS. The HHS Committee is chaired by Councilmember Leventhal and includes Council President Berliner and Councilmember Rice. The ED Committee is chaired by Councilmember Rice and includes Councilmembers Elrich and Navarro.
The staff report can be viewed at:
http://tinyurl.com/yddzgd8u
The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) and ED Committees will meet jointly at 9:30 a.m. in the Seventh Floor Council Hearing Room to receive an update on the possibility of creating a Student Loan Refinancing Authority in the County, to help County residents who are struggling to meet their student loan debt obligations. Those expected to participate in this meeting include Robert Hagedoorn and Mary Casciotti of the Department of Finance, and Kathleen Boucher of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. The issues that will be discussed at the meeting include recommendations from the Statewide student loan refinancing study; potential tasks and products for a student loan refinancing market study for the County; alternatives to creating a student loan refinancing authority; and the funding required for a County study.
The GO Committee is chaired by Councilmember Navarro and includes Councilmember Katz and Council Vice President Riemer.
The staff report can be viewed at:
http://tinyurl.com/yc2nhakr
The Government Operations (GO) Committee will meet separately at 10:15 a.m. in the Seventh Floor Council Hearing Room to review two Declarations of No Further Need—10315 Darnestown Road and the Germantown Town Center.
The staff reports can be viewed at:
http://tinyurl.com/y85weq2o (10315 Darnestown Road) and http://tinyurl.com/y7wss5gr (Germantown Town Center)
The Committee meetings will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM). The channel can be viewed on Cable Channels 996 (high definition) and 6 (standard definition) on Comcast; Channels 1056 (HD) and 6 (SD) on RCN; and Channel 30 on Verizon. The meetings also will be available live via streaming through the Council website at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8 .