Title
Proposed letter to Dr. Alvin D. Thornton, Chair, Board of Education, transmitting the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget.
Background
The letter advises the Board of Education that a $2,183,122,900 appropriation level is approved for the Prince George’s County School System Operating Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. This is an increase of $135,390,900 or 6.6% over the current year’s approved budget amount. The Board of Education’s budget represents 60.1% of the County total FY 2020 General Fund Budget. The County’s approved FY 2020 budget exceeds the County’s minimum contribution funding level required under the State’s maintenance-of-effort formula by $18.8 million.