PGCPS staff outline FY‑26 budget reconciliation, warn final state aid could alter figures

Prince George’s County Public Schools budget staff told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on June 18 that the district will present a reconciled FY‑26 budget to the full board for adoption next week but remains exposed to changes because the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) had not yet issued a final state aid document.

The district’s chief financial officer, Cindy Howe, said the board will consider adoption on Thursday, June 26, and staff will seek signatures for required transmittal documents the following day. “We have to load every FTE and expenditure line item into the budget so that there is a budget to actually execute come July 1,” Howe said.

Director of Budget and Management Services Shavon Smith told the committee the reconciliation is “based off of the projections we already had” and updated by changes from the county. Smith said restricted grant funding expectations shifted during the county’s review and that some items the district had requested the county to fund were not approved, requiring the district to cover local shares…