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Later the chair moved to approve the minutes: \"If there are no corrections, the committee shall approve the 02/19/2025 meeting minutes as distributed.\" Again, there were no objections and the committee approved the minutes.

The meeting record also notes there were no registered public comment speakers for the March 19 meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Education OBFA Committee Meeting March 19, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee adopted the 03/19/2025 meeting agenda and approved the 02/19/2025 meeting minutes by unanimous consent; no public comment speakers were registered for the meeting.","taxTitle","Prince George's County Public Schools, School Boards, Maryland","taxId",14202,"location","Maryland","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6115129,"PGCPS begins multi‑year update of Educational Facilities Master Plan; modernization gap cited",290,3193000,3483000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2739836-ed7eba401c08ca9a3a7cbfc49e545741&start=3193&end=3483","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2739836-ed7eba401c08ca9a3a7cbfc49e545741/thumbnail_3193000.jpg","/articles/6115129/Maryland/PGCPS-begins-multiyear-update-of-Educational-Facilities-Master-Plan-modernization-gap-cited","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115129-989790a4082cd9d2c6efcc9f3993d14e/orig.mp4?Expires=1777169136&Signature=R~R-KBymU3XDpXR2emxEL8DqREbX7NZT2T2VzPHhMF6G9xqcVDD8VHqscPZdwitd5ZUkt4Ep-w1Q4xBXEcOdorbiNUP1WKEmErYQ1vVDL09Pe8bZ~kv545MOtQfGnsck42FH7EjNEX0pFKI5uCgA8ozgu-7ju92xS34ySAnOKCKXL7lCnkkUuuKXnxc1fgh4XflqIf60spfO1dXPuvHAbacs2~gBnv9Rdzze5E-tuilcUUCilkLDp9wRuRF-ccPXMq5n~xlaOIuqT~Exdleu4LCtD6h28DM-SATPO3VtwKJ1suLL2Io2jPnjDkdiKhih7kV-2bRRAsZoe8zSzclgOg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Veil Jackson, director of the Department of Capital Programs, told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on March 19 that PGCPS has begun the multi‑year process to replace the FY17 Educational Facilities Master Plan and to develop the FY27 EFMP that will guide capital priorities and the subsequent capital improvement plan (CIP).

Jackson said the FY17 EFMP’s underlying data are dated — \"the data behind it is 11 years old\" — and that the department will conduct an updated facility condition assessment and master educational specification process. The department plans to present raw condition and utilization data to the board in January 2026, firm up priority recommendations by August 2026, and seek adoption of a new EFMP by June 2027. Jackson noted that, because annual EFMP submissions are required, the district will still vote on amendments to the FY17 EFMP in June 2025 and June 2026 while the new plan is under development.

Jackson reviewed the prioritization pillars that have historically driven facilities decisions — facility condition, educational adequacy and utilization — and said the FY27 EFMP will add new pillars including Blueprint requirements, universal pre‑K, career and technical education expansion and sustainability considerations. She emphasized the budgetary consequences of prioritization: \"Our work actually would come to cost $570,000,000 a year in current dollars,\" Jackson said, and noted that PGCPS' average approved capital from 2015–2025 was about $174,000,000 per year, leaving a substantial funding gap.

She summarized recent CIP results to illustrate tradeoffs: the FY23 CIP request was about $266 million and the approved allocation that year was about $205 million, with roughly two‑thirds directed to new schools, additions or modernizations and a smaller share to system upgrades and major repairs. Jackson said years with low major‑repair funding leave the district vulnerable to emergency repairs and defer needed envelope and system work.

Jackson also described the role of master educational specifications (ed specs): these documents define programmatic and space standards for new construction and major projects so the district and the state can hold projects to standardized space and program expectations.

Jackson and staff said the department will return with the condition‑assessment results, draft prioritization and proposed recommendations for how capital requests should be structured in the coming CIP cycle. The committee did not adopt any capital decisions at the March 19 meeting.","Director Veil Jackson presented a timeline for updating the Educational Facilities Master Plan (EFMP), including condition assessments, new educational specifications and an expected adoption cycle that could conclude in June 2027; Jackson said the district's modernization need outpaces historic capital funding.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6115134,"PGCPS to pilot hub stops with county parks, searches for more reliable parent bus‑tracking app",387,1469000,1856000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2739836-ed7eba401c08ca9a3a7cbfc49e545741&start=1469&end=1856","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2739836-ed7eba401c08ca9a3a7cbfc49e545741/thumbnail_1469000.jpg","/articles/6115134/Maryland/PGCPS-to-pilot-hub-stops-with-county-parks-searches-for-more-reliable-parent-bustracking-app","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115134-2519c297758ee835ceeac4de4fe1430d/orig.mp4?Expires=1777169136&Signature=hVrK64hEX30nunfZTc6jBYdWg-TzuFD3Mv8-ddySx0bap~GCHL0D6fA-s0kGsLjocI4moZHKKOan~gzNTubSyh5UTl2MC3-m6G257w0tLjEeKFypYSi9BMksJuckuqrfb~NoLsVvkM8-QSWihPjF6YYVbGrfz3YUBMSN8Il122TMJr73kBAuOoqrB~rGy1XQyPPZEYXco87~rPLjiqgRgvhQNp2RkCjWc4umY~tiTMtJQCr0-fRQCKOUAMvNnkNUDEMIoDR7S~jUPOU3j7D2r9uSE69VdBJxf0~vdlV83~Qx9nZlwxqn4lO5ffSurZyCsMB8r4WJ509UR42yvCJ1-g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dr. Coleman, chief operations officer for Prince George's County Public Schools, and Kiva Baldwin, director of Transportation at Central Garage, presented the district’s transportation action plan to the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on March 19, describing a two-part effort to reduce long commute times and improve communication with families ahead of school year 2025–26.

Baldwin said many younger scholars in specialty programs have long commute times and drivers are often underutilized. To address that, the transportation department proposes establishing hub stops using Prince George's County Parks and Recreation facilities \"By centralizing some of our pickup locations, we can optimize our bus stops, improve driver utilization, enhance accessibility for our parents as well. This shift will increase efficiency, reduce student ride times, and maximize our transportation resources,\" Baldwin said.

Officials said the hub‑stop plan will start as a pilot targeted at specialty programs with large boundaries and third‑tier routes; if successful, it could be scaled to other programs. Implementation components include site selection, logistics coordination, parent communication and a pilot evaluation.

The presentation also covered the parent app used for bus tracking. Baldwin acknowledged limitations with the current Stop Finder app during staffing substitutions and split trips: \"In those moments, our app may not work. We may not always provide real time accuracy, leading to confusion for our parents.\" The district plans a parent survey, stakeholder engagement and a search for a more reliable system that better matches routing realities.

Board members asked about driver training, budgeting and supervision at proposed hub locations. Baldwin said a comprehensive, ongoing training program for drivers is planned if the district adopts a different routing or tracking system. On costs, he said routing, GPS and camera systems are currently financed in-kind with the district’s existing systems and that a budget estimate will be provided as research proceeds. On supervision and space at hub facilities, district staff said they are discussing safe‑haven options with Parks and Recreation and that extended pre/post supervision could create additional staffing needs; any extended care arrangement could carry a cost for families, depending on the final design.

Officials reported preliminary route planning had the potential to \"reduce the ride time almost by 60 minutes\" for some routes in rough estimates and emphasized the pilot nature of the work to weigh tradeoffs between perfect conditions and near‑term improvements.

Transportation staff said they will return with a detailed timeline, training plan and cost estimates as the research and parent input progress.","PGCPS transportation officials told the committee they will pilot hub stops for specialty programs in partnership with Prince George's County Parks and Recreation to reduce student ride times and optimize driver routes, and they are researching a replacement for the district's parent bus-tracking app.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6115139,"PGCPS details school-based budgeting, timeline after FY26 request sent to county",398,160000,558000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2739836-ed7eba401c08ca9a3a7cbfc49e545741&start=160&end=558","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2739836-ed7eba401c08ca9a3a7cbfc49e545741/thumbnail_160000.jpg","/articles/6115139/Maryland/PGCPS-details-school-based-budgeting-timeline-after-FY26-request-sent-to-county","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115139-5adeadac5c11a5fb672c9e66db1a55e3/orig.mp4?Expires=1777169136&Signature=YECPx7LCT0RcYq8Na3OUjoIziMm2eJx3XIBlL5cRRajEqPmL~5otlfqB0ycOpAO2ypBEtRT1dNHnYJpz4zCf23mZn0OHXBTONpFx3ClUtBksT4aaLXno5IZ80a48t-Z0zpn9IcS2fTxhfA1e1AHlAbZWs9ZqNRSvqSSIx~FpTU3WtJubGNfS8Hi~m0bgskIxJ1N2XMOn9SY6M1qt3fhYjHnwM-AfZIiCUUorpqr-z7d6ltrbd35XQHFxp~kFSCx8zS738Rcaz6QYw~GXnrxovTto5-mBJpL5kHhryhcha9MSRof52dIwGJVV2uecX2wmD8TBauYuN7y4pIQkLzNCvg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Shavonn Smith, director of Budget and Management Services for Prince George's County Public Schools, told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on March 19 that the board-requested FY26 budget has been transmitted to the county and that the district is now finalizing school operating resources and the requested budget book.

Smith said school allocations will be set by minimum school funding calculations, school-based locked allocations and centrally managed locked allocations. \"We have our unlocked, locked, and locked plus positions,\" she explained, describing unlocked positions as those schools may purchase using allocated SBB funds and locked positions as those funded and staffed by central office for specialized requirements. She added that locked-plus positions are centrally funded but may be supplemented by schools.

The update explained how per-pupil amounts (PPA) from the blueprint legislation drive school revenues: \"PPA is our per pupil amount,\" Smith said. \"For every program, there is a prescribed per pupil amount that is indicated in the actual blueprint legislation. We don't set it. It is set for us, for every LEA.\" She said the minimum school funding statute requires PGCPS to distribute prescribed percentages of the per-pupil amounts to each school's cost center.

Smith outlined the near-term timeline: school-based budgeting (SBB) will \"kick off\" at the end of March with training clinics, the Apex budgeting tool is scheduled to go live April 7 for principals to begin formulating budgets, and May–early June will focus on reconciliation when final State aid and the county-approved budget are known. \"There is a lot that has to get done between now and the June,\" Smith said, noting the budget office will present an approved FY26 balanced budget to the board in June.

Board members pressed Smith about charter-school funding under the new blueprint formula. Smith said the district is still sorting through charter impacts and that outcomes depend on student characteristics, blueprint rules and pending actions at the General Assembly. She described charter operators' concern that the new formula could result in a larger withheld share for centrally managed costs: \"Their concern is that there will be a 25% withhold to charter schools. And so, that's what they're pressing on,\" Smith said, while also noting that certain centrally managed services directly support charter schools and that some services are opt-outable.

Smith referenced compliance and reporting requirements: \"PGCPS is required to report on the allocation and execution of these school level resources monthly, demonstrating compliance with statute 5,234 of the blueprint legislation,\" she said.

The committee did not vote on any budget items at the March 19 meeting. Smith and the budget office said they will continue reconciliation work as state and county figures firm up and will return with completed details during the board's budget cycle.

Next steps include the SBB go-live in early April, monthly reporting on allocations and the June presentation of the approved FY26 balanced budget to the board.","Director of Budget Shavonn Smith told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee the Board of Education's FY26 requested budget has been transmitted to the county and outlined how school-based budgeting (SBB), per-pupil amounts and charter funding questions will be handled as the system finalizes allocations.","actionData","errors"]

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