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Members of the Howard County Council lambasted the Howard County Public School System’s budgeting process as the council voted 3-2 on Wednesday against a budget amendment to provide $2.7 million more to the school system’s fiscal 2024 operating budget.
The Howard County Board of Education failed to adopt a budget balancing scenario at its Monday work session, potentially jeopardizing its fiscal 2024 budget adoption timeline.
The Howard County Public School System is considering two budget balancing scenarios that ask for additional county funding while cutting school system spending in order to address a $67.3 million gap between County Executive Calvin Ball’s proposed $1.1 billion education operating budget and the school board’s requests.