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Council committee recommends consolidating youth STEM funding into Kid Museum NDA; keeps Recreation operating budget intact
Summary
The Budget and Fiscal Policy Committee recommended consolidating the Skills for the Future NDA into the Kid Museum NDA, approved continuation of current Recreation funding and advanced CIP amendments for Silver Spring Recreation and slide projects deferred for ADA alignment.
The Montgomery County Council Budget and Fiscal Policy Committee voted April 29 to consolidate the Skills for the Future nondepartmental account (NDA) into the Kid Museum NDA and to keep the Department of Recreation’s operating budget at the executive’s recommended level, while forwarding several Capital Improvement Program adjustments for later action.
The consolidation aims to centralize county support for science, technology, engineering, arts and math programming delivered in recreational settings and to simplify administration, committee members said. Committee staff estimated the consolidated NDA total at roughly $302,117 after a 3% inflation adjustment.
Director Riley of the Department of Recreation summarized the department’s FY26 request as “primarily a same services budget” but noted the…
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