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...
