Montgomery County Councilmembers Friday voiced support for fully funding Montgomery County Public Schools’ employee contracts but appeared unlikely to fully fund the school district’s entire budget request.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich requested a 10-cent property tax increase in his proposed $6.8 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2024. That includes a $3.2 billion allocation for MCPS, which is a $288.5 million increase from the previous year.
During an often-times emotional and testy discussion, councilmembers discussed keeping many of the district’s financial requests as high priority but moving two others to a lower category...
Elementary my dear Watson: Just throw more money into it. . .
ReplyDeleteI actual implementation the needs will be honored in the reverse order:
ReplyDelete"I'm proud to support an additional $215 million in tax-supported funding for Montgomery County Public Schools – an almost 8% increase that gives the school system the resources it needs to honor its negotiated contracts with teachers, school support staff, and administrators."
https://www.mymcmedia.org/council-supports-school-contracts-but-not-entire-funding-request/
Cut-and-dried county business model:
ReplyDeleteRaise taxes annually and reduce services to make up for it.