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Proposed Correspondence to the Honorable Juanita Miller, Ph.D., Chair, Board of Education, regarding reconciliation of Board of Education FY 2022 Approved Annual Operating Budget.
Background
The Board of Education transmitted their FY 2022 Operating Budget transfer reconciliation on September 7, 2021. On June 24, 2021, the Board of Education adopted their FY 2022 Operating Budget totaling $2,775,176,835 and is requesting the Council’s approval of the reconciling adjustments. The transfer request authorizes reassignment of appropriations between major budget expenditures categories in the amount of $431,944,435 included in the Board’s approved reconciling adjustments.
The transfer request increases their FY 2022 Approved Operating Budget of $2,343,232,400 to $2,775,176,835. Overall revenue increased from the County Council Approved Budget to account for federal restricted COVID-19 grants while revenue from the State of Maryland decreased to account for projected decreases in the State aid formula.
The transfer request increases funding in twelve (12) major expenditure categories: Administration, Mid-Level Administration, Instructional Salaries, Textbooks and Instructional Materials, Other Instructional Costs, Special Education, Student Personnel Services, Health Services, Operation of Plant, Maintenance of Plant, Fixed Charges, and Food Service Subsidy. Funding decreased in one (1) category: Community Services. Attachment 1 itemizes the changes per category.
The overall goal of the FY 2022 Operating Budget is to support critical school-based initiatives while offsetting COVID-19-related learning loss and expenditure increases.