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City Schools presents FY26 budget; ESSER litigation and blueprint funding shape year
Summary
Baltimore City Public Schools officials told the committee the FY26 operating budget represents a 6 percent increase but school leaders said the end of ESSER funding, weighted student funding and recent salary increases make this a tight year at the school level.
Baltimore City Public Schools presented its FY26 operating budget overview to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and said the district’s spending plan reflects a 6 percent year‑over‑year increase even as officials described the constraints schools will feel as federal ESSER funding ends and the state's Blueprint for Maryland’s Future continues to structure funding.
"We unexpectedly received a letter, saying that in fact, the United States Federal Department of Education had rescinded something that had been previously, approved and that had to do with a late liquidation deadline for the all important ESSER funding," CFO Chris Doherty said, describing a March 28 federal action that temporarily put roughly $48 million in ESSER reimbursements…
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