The Budgetpalooza is coming! February 16th, 7:30 pm - 9 pm Zoom only

PROPOSED BUDGET: $3,775,269,535

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 156,511

EIGHT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS

ONE BUDGETPALOOZA!

The Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County is working with the Montgomery County Taxpayers League for our annual MCPS Budgetpalooza. We will go through the proposed FY27 Operating Budget chapter by chapter. The proposed budget is now proposed at $3.775 billion.

 

We are looking for volunteers to take a chapter or an appendix/appendices and report on it at the Budgetpalooza. If you would like to volunteer please let us know. If you can, please go through the budget and see which chapter (or appendix/appendices) is of interest for you to review.

 

This year the Budgetpalooza is Monday, February 16th at 7:30 pm - 9 pm by zoom.

 

DATE: Monday, February 16, 2026

TIME: 7:30 pm - 9 pm

LOCATION: Zoom

 

More information coming, please let us know if you can volunteer for this event.

Please pass this on to your neighborhood and PTA listservs!

 

Here is the link to the superintendent's proposed FY27 Budget: 2027operatingbudget.pdf

See you there!

Thursday, Feb. 27th at 7 PM: Let's talk about the MCPS Operating Budget in Detail

MCTL is Co-Sponsoring the annual MCPS Budget Palooza with the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County are Montgomery County Civic Federation. We will do a deep dive into the $3,655,244,116 MCPS FY2026 Operating Budget.

Register at this link.

The Budgetpalooza is now on Youtube

Thanks all to those who attending and especially to those who took chapters and did the deep dive into the MCPS $3.3 billion FY25 Operating Budget on February 20th. The Parents' Coalition, the Montgomery County Civic Fed, and the Montgomery County Taxpayers League joined together and volunteered to go through the budget chapter by chapter. Thanks all. And here is the recording, now on Youtube.

024-02-20 MCTL/PCMC/MCCF Presents MCPS FY2025 Operating budget Palooza - YouTube

Reminder: The Budgetpalooza is coming up! Tuesday Feb 20th, Zoom Only!

 

3,322,303,371 DOLLARS

158,231 STUDENTS

8 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS

1 BUDGETPALOOZA

 Come Join the Parents' Coalition, the Montgomery County Civic Federation, and the Montgomery County Taxpayers League for the Reconstituted Budgetpalooza 

Tuesday February 20th 7-9 pm Zoom Only! 

To register for the Zoom:  

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduqpqj0uHNYhN_YW-w_RaFRWu2NitmFC

Come for an open discussion as we go chapter by chapter through the MCPS Proposed FY25 Operating Budget. 

 Hashtag #Budgetpalooza24

It's the Budgetpalooza! Tuesday Feb 20th, 7pm, Rockville Library and Zoom

 

3,322,303,371 DOLLARS

158,231 STUDENTS

8 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS

1 BUDGETPALOOZA

 Come Join the Parents' Coalition, the Montgomery County Civic Federation, and the Montgomery County Taxpayers League for the Reconstituted Budgetpalooza 

Tuesday February 20th 7-9 pm Rockville Memorial Library, 

21 Maryland Ave., Rockville, Second Floor Meeting Room and on Zoom 

To register for the Zoom:  

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduqpqj0uHNYhN_YW-w_RaFRWu2NitmFC

Come for an open discussion as we go chapter by chapter through the MCPS Proposed FY25 Operating Budget. 

 Hashtag #Budgetpalooza24

It's the Budgetpalooza! Feb 13, 7pm...

The  Montgomery County Civic Federation is teaming again with the Montgomery County Taxpayers League and the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County for the Fifth Annual Budgetpalooza!

Each year we go through the MCPS Operating Budget in depth, this year, for FY18 the proposed budget is $2.5BILLION. That is half of our entire county budget. Help us find out where the money is proposed to go.

 

DATE: Monday, Feb 13, 2017

TIME: 7:00-9:30PM

LOCATION: Executive Office Building Lower Lobby Auditorium, 101 Monroe St., Rockville

Please help us do the deep dive, and volunteer to take a chapter or appendix of the budget to analyze and present at the Budgetpalooza!  To sign up go to 2017 Budgetpalooza!

See you there!

Tonight: Join us for a candid discussion of the MCPS Operating Budget

Unanswered Budget Question

Fourth Annual Budgetpalooza!

Where the Montgomery County Civic Federation, the Montgomery County Taxpayers' League, and the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, MD, sponsor a look into the MCPS FY17 Operating Budget

Join us:

February 4th, 2016
at 7pm 
in Room D 
of the 
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda

Video: Chapter by Chapter Public Discussion of MCPS Operating Budget

The Montgomery County Civic Federation, the Montgomery County Taxpayers League, and the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County, MD present Budgetpalooza 2015!

This is the third year for this budget breakdown event. This event allows citizens to go over the MCPS fiscal year 2016 budget chapter by chapter.  This year's event was held on February 26, 2015.

 https://youtu.be/z_ZxeZcGqmk

Tonight at 7 PM - MCPS BUDGET REVIEW at BCC Regional Services Center

[This event will be held this evening.]

It’s a Palooza! At least it is for those who are in to reading through the Montgomery County Public Schools’ $2.4 billion budget line by line.

The Montgomery County Civic Federation, the Taxpayers League of Montgomery County, and the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County are inviting anyone interested to this year’s Budgetpalooza! It’s the third year for this budget breakdown event. This year the group plans to go over the MCPS fiscal year 2016 budget chapter by chapter.
“It’s a good opportunity to go through the budget more carefully. I think we would like to see people take a close look at how their tax dollars are being spent,” said  Paula Bienenfeld, president of the federation.
Bienenfeld said about 25 people attended the event last year, including County Executive Isiah Leggett. The results of the finding are expected to be released by the groups hosting the event, she said.
“Every year there are a few more people as a basic interest in transparent government. It’s an important process and event,” Bienenfeld said.
You can preview that budget here. You can sign up to present a chapter of the budget at the event here.
The event is scheduled for Feb. 26 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, one block from the Bethesda Metro.
According to the most recent MCPS data, the school system is expected to end this year with a budget surplus of $33 million.

 http://www.mymcmedia.org/civic-groups-to-host-mcps-budgetpalooza/

Public Discussion of MCPS FY 2015 Operating Budget #budgetpalooza

In February, members of the public got together to publicly discuss and analyse the proposed MCPS Operating Budget for FY 2015.  

The participants were joined by a number of candidates for elected office and the current County Executive. Here is the video of the budget discussion.  Captions on the screen show the MCPS budget chapters as they are discussed.

Public Discussion of MCPS Operating Budget - Feb 5th at 7 PM

Join us for an open, public discussion of the MCPS Operating Budget for FY 2015 on Wednesday, Feburary 5, 2014 at the Rockville Memorial Library. 

If you can, please volunteer to lead the discussion of one budget chapter. To volunteer sign up here for the Second Annual Budgetpalooza! 

DATE: 2/5/2014 (Wed 7:00PM - 9:00PM)

LOCATION: Rockville Memorial Library

Suggestion for analysis:

A suggestion for the analysis of each chapter: devise a format that could be used by all presenters, e.g.,

-  FY 2015 proposed FTEs and dollars
-  Personnel compensation $ and all other $
-  FY 2014 actual FTEs and dollars (or trends for last 5 years)
-  Explanation of increases/decreases
-  Performance measures (if any)
-  Highlight any major concerns
Possible comparison with Fairfax County schools budget.

Additional Notes;

This year we will have a projector that can accept thumb drives.

Proposed FY15 Budget is here: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/budget/FY2015/superintendent/
Scroll down for individual chapters.


Appendix A: 2014-2015 Operational Calendar

Appendix B:

Administrative & Supervisory Salary Schedule

Business and Operations Administrators Salary Schedule

Teacher and Other Professional Salary Schedule
Supporting Services Hourly Rate Schedule

Appendix C: State Budget Category Summaries (Categories 1-81)

Appendix D: K-12 Budget Staffing Guidelines

Appendix E: Special Education Staffing Plan and Budget Guidelines

Appendix F: Non-Operating Budget Positions

Appendix G: Reconciliation of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Operating Budget for FY 2013 Actual Expenditures

Thanks all!  See you Wednesday!

Budgetpalooza! Feb 5th, 7-9 PM

 

2,281,809,121 DOLLARS 

151,289 STUDENTS 

7 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS 

1 BUDGETPALOOZA 

Come Join the Parents' Coalition, 

the Montgomery County Civic Federation, and the Montgomery County Taxpayers League 

for the Second Annual Budgetpalooza! 

February 5th 7-9 pm

Rockville Memorial Library, 

21 Maryland Ave., 

Rockville

Come for an open discussion as we go chapter by chapter through the MCPS Proposed FY15 Budget.

Hashtag #Budgetpalooza

Bethesda Now; Morning Notes

Budgetpalooza — A group of local watchdog organizations are gathering in February to analyze the proposed Montgomery County Public Schools operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The Montgomery County Civic Federation, Montgomery County Taxpayers League and frequent MCPS critic the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County will host a second annual budgetpalooza on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Rockville Memorial Library. [Budgetpalooza]

http://www.bethesdanow.com/2013/12/16/morning-notes-324/

Second Annual Budgetpalooza! Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

Shh!! Yes, it's that time of year again! Budget time at MCPS.  FY15 Budget discussions are secretly underway.  This go-around, as we did last year, Parents' Coalition will be teaming with the Montgomery County Taxpayers League and the Montgomery County Civic Federation for our Second Annual Budgetpalooza!

We will go through the proposed FY15 budget chapter by chapter, so mark your calendars.  We are looking for volunteers to read the budget, pick a chapter, analyze it, and discuss it at the Budgetpalooza!

DATE: Wednesday, February 5th, 2015
TIME: evening, ~7 pm, exact time TBA
LOCATION: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville

Mark your calendars.  And volunteer to take a chapter.

Parents' Coalition Book Club: BudgetPalooza

2,217,247,656 DOLLARS

149,018 STUDENTS

7 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS

1 BUDGETPALOOZA

Come Join the Parents' Coalition,

the Montgomery County Civic Federation, and

the Montgomery County Taxpayers League

for the First Annual Budgetpalooza

February 6th

7-9 pm

Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville, First Floor Meeting Room

Come for an open discussion as we go chapter by chapter through the MCPS Proposed FY14 Budget.

Hashtag #Budgetpalooza