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MCPS begins line‑by‑line audit of federal, state and local unfunded mandates
Summary
Finance staff told the committee they have begun a line‑by‑line review to identify unfunded mandates — from environmental testing to special education maintenance‑of‑effort obligations — and will finalize the district's unfunded mandate list in the coming month.
Yvonne Alfonso Windsor told the Fiscal Management Committee that the district has started a systematic review to identify unfunded mandates embedded in federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Alfonso Windsor said examples include environmental compliance (lead, radon and asbestos testing) with roughly $6,400,000 annual cost in the MCPS budget, local match requirements for Head Start (about $3,200,000 local match against a $4,500,000 grant), transportation obligations for McKinney‑Vento students (about $975,000 annually)…
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