Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway is gathering private funding for a study on student absenteeism, after his $100,000 funding request was not included in the city budget this year, due to what he has described as “political retaliation” against him by Mayor Brandon Scott.

Conway secured $50,000 for the study from a philanthropic partner, and he’s currently working on finding another $50,000, the councilman’s spokesperson Luca Amayo told The Baltimore Sun. Conway was the lead sponsor on a bill to study the causes of student absenteeism, which was co-sponsored by almost all other council members and signed by the mayor in May.

Council President Zeke Cohen’s office declined to comment on Monday about the private funding. Cohen also didn’t provide an explanation when asked why the nece

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