PGCPS details FY26 school-based budgeting, per-pupil allocations and timeline as charter funding questions persist

Shavonn Smith, Director of Budget and Management Services for Prince George's County Public Schools, told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on March 19 that the board-requested FY26 budget has been transmitted to the county and the district is finalizing the school budget book and school-based budgeting (SBB) allocations.

The district will allocate funds to each school using minimum school funding calculations, school-based locked allocations and centrally managed locked allocations, Smith said. “Now that we finalized the Board of Education requested budget for FY 'twenty 6, we've transmitted it to the county,” she said.

Smith described three staffing categories under SBB: unlocked positions that schools may purchase with allocated SBB funds; locked positions funded and staffed by central office for roles with special requirements; and “locked plus” positions, which central office funds but schools may supplement with SBB dollars. She used the example of special-education staff as centrally provided locked positions and described a central 0.5 library media specialist…