Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot will be in Ocean City for a news conference Wednesday, where the former is expected to announce an executive order forcing schools to open after Labor Day, The Daily Record reports.

The governor's office confirmed a press conference on school start dates would be held Wednesday afternoon, and that Hogan and Franchot would be joined by local elected officials and business owners.

That's been a longtime crusade for Franchot, who has also been vocal on the lack of air conditioning in a number of Baltimore city and county schools. Last week, he told WBAL he found it "embarrassing" that the county's lack of urgency on school air conditioning forced 37 schools still without it to close on Friday. The same schools were closed again Monday.

Before his inauguration, Hogan signed on to a petition for such a change, much to the consternation of superintendents and teachers unions. Though hearings were held that year, a bill on the matter did not pass the General Assembly. Former Gov. Martin O'Malley had signed the petition as well.

"To be clear, we continue to oppose a state mandate that school districts must start after Labor Day," Maryland State Education Association spokesman Steven Hershkowitz said in an email. "We do not oppose individual districts making the local decision to start after Labor Day if that is what is best for their students."

Franchot has long touted the positive economic impact of delaying the start of schools, particularly for the coastal resort town where Hogan and Franchot are to speak.

Currently, Worcester County schools are the only ones in the state that have their first day set for after Labor Day.