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Talbot schools briefed on Maryland 'minimum school funding' rules, waiver strategy for FY26
Summary
District staff told the Talbot County Board of Education that the state's Blueprint funding rules require schools to demonstrate 75% of targeted program dollars are spent at the school level; the district is compliant on many counts but plans waivers for shortfalls while it retags staff and refines budgets for FY27.
Talbot County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on Oct. 13 that new state rules under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future will require the district to show most program dollars are spent at the individual school level and that the district will pursue waivers where it cannot meet interim targets.
The district's finance lead, identified in the meeting packet as Ms. Jones (Talbot County Public Schools staff), said the state requires school-level spending equal to at least 75% of the program money attributed to a school and that the FY26 obligation is to show a 50% improvement from the FY25 baseline on programs that fell short. "We would have to demonstrate we'd spent at least 75% of that," Jones said, emphasizing the school-by-school accounting required under "pillar 5 of the Blueprint." She said the state expects full compliance by FY27.
Board members were shown county-by-county context and a district-level breakdown. Jones said the district examined its FY25…
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