MCPS considers up to 150 layoffs, potential program cuts due to budget shortfall

Virtual learning program, delayed pre-K expansion, central office staff on the list

Layoffs of up to 150 educators, the elimination of a virtual learning program and a delay in pre-kindergarten expansion are among the spending cuts under consideration as Montgomery County Public Schools officials try to close a budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year.

The proposed cuts are under consideration as MCPS officials and the county school board grapple with closing a multimillion-dollar gap between the board’s spending request and what the County Council allotted in the $7.1 billion county operating budget for fiscal year 2025 that members adopted last week.

The budget allocates $3.3 billion for MCPS, funding 99.2% of the school board’s recommended budget. The highest-ever amount of funding for MCPS, the allotment includes $26.3 million more for the district than what had been allocated in County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed spending plan...

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