Howard County executive introduces emergency school funding legislation

Howard County executive introduces emergency school funding legislation

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced emergency legislation to give another $14.5 million to the county’s public schools to address a $29.2 million gap needed to maintain core services. The Howard County school board’s budget request approved in March was $1.257 billion, over $100 million more than maintenance of effort levels, the minimum amount required by the state. Ball previously called that budget request “unattainable and unafford…

Howard County executive proposes additional $14.5 million for school system

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball filed emergency budget legislation Monday to provide up to $14.5 million in additional funding to the school system for the coming fiscal year.