MCPS "is the only agency that will receive an increase in its total budget this year"

Montgomery County school system not ruling out lawsuit over budget
Property taxes to rise, employee benefits to change
by Erin Cunningham | Staff Writer

...Of the county's fiscal 2012 budget, $1.37 billion in county tax dollars will go to schools.
Including state funding, total tax dollars spent on schools in fiscal 2012 will be $1.95 billion — 55.9 percent of all tax-supported funding in the county.
The county spent $1.415 billion on Montgomery County Public Schools in fiscal 2011.
The school system's tax-supported budget next year will be $1.95 billion — 1.6 percent more than in fiscal 2011... 

..."Montgomery County Public Schools is the only agency that will receive an increase in its total budget this year," said Councilwoman Nancy M. Floreen (D-At large) of Garrett Park...