This is what Governor Hogan said about school funding in a prepared speech last Saturday:

With little thought, the legislature rushed through the so-called Kirwan plan, which will require billions and billions more in mandated spending increases for county and state taxpayers.

They took this action without any regard to funding formulas and with absolutely no plan whatsoever for how any of your counties or the state taxpayers could possibly be able to pay for any of it.

These well-meaning but half-baked and fiscally irresponsible proposals will cause an $18.7 billion state budget deficit over the next five years, and will force a crushing $6,200 tax hike on the average Maryland family.

https://governor.maryland.gov/2019/08/19/maco-summer-conference-address/

This is what he should have said:

Education is our state’s Number One obligation.  Our state constitution requires that the General Assembly establish “a thorough and efficient System of Free Public Schools.”

At the same time, we cannot make a commitment that would overburden our middle class taxpayers without thoroughly examining the changes that have been proposed by the Kirwan Commission.

Brit Kirwan is one of our country’s leading educators.

We can learn more about what his Commission is proposing by putting aside our partisan differences.

In his speech on Saturday, the Governor also said of his accomplishments as Governor:

We debated, discussed, and reasoned together, honestly and productively, with integrity and sincere purpose.

Together, we sought out bipartisan, common sense solutions that worked for the people of our state.

With our children’s educational future at stake, it’s time to do just that.