Breaking: MD State Board of Education Smacks MCPS Once Again. Electric Bus Contract Award Still Illegal. #LegalFees

At today's Maryland State Board of Education meeting, the State Board considered a request by the Montgomery County Board of Education to reconsider the State Board's decision from November 2025, that declared the MCPS award of the electric school bus contract to have been arbitrary, unreasonable and illegal. 

From the November 2025, State Board of Education decision: 

ABC7 reported on the State Board's decision.

In that news report, MCPS gave their typical no comment response and then never spoke about the decision again.  

In a statement to the I-Team, MCPS said it is still reviewing the state’s decision and has not yet analyzed the full implications for the district.

What the public never knew is that MCPS did in fact respond to the State Board's decision.  MCPS and the Board of Education went right back to their outside legal counsel and directed legal counsel to dispute the State Board's decision by filing a request for reconsideration.  MCPS and the Board of Education decided to spend more education dollars on outside lawyers. 

Today, the State Board responded to MCPS' request for reconsideration.  

The State Board DENIED Montgomery County Board of Education's request to reconsider the State Board's November 2025 decision that declared the Montgomery County Board of Education's upholding of the award of the electric school bus contract to HET MCPS, LLC to have been arbitrary, unreasonable and illegal. 

The State Board of Education announced this decision at today's meeting that was broadcast on YouTube.  The video of the announcement of the decision is below.