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Committee adopts public budget calendar to guide FY26–27 planning and oversight
Summary
The Education, Transformation and Finance Committee finalized and voted to adopt a published budget calendar to increase transparency and give the board planned touchpoints for FY26 and FY27 budget planning and monitoring.
The Education, Transformation and Finance Committee of the Maryland State Board of Education finalized and approved a public budget calendar designed to structure board and department work on the FY26 and FY27 budgets, committee chair Crawford said during the committee’s Jan. 8, 2025 public session.
The calendar lays out planned public and executive touchpoints across 2025 to give the committee and full board predictable opportunities to review the governor’s budget, develop board priorities for superintendent budget planning, and monitor program spending and outcomes. The document is intended for public posting and inclusion in committee reports to the full board.
Miss Oakley and staff described the calendar as a “living document” that will be posted on the board’s website and updated as needed. Key elements include: discussion of the governor’s FY26 budget release and a focused February review of program performance and implementation; a concurrent April–September process for compiling board priorities and preparing the FY27 superintendent’s budget; and a September public vote on the superintendent’s budget (with the full contents of budget submissions treated as executive discussion until publicly released by the governor).
Committee members asked for minor edits and clarifications — for example, correcting a typographical error on multiple calendar entries where “executive session” was displayed as “execution” — and asked staff to describe available technical supports when the calendar is presented to the full board. Members also recommended including planned office hours to gather board priorities ahead of superintendent budget development.
Miss Medina moved to approve the calendar for publication and committee use; the motion was seconded by Dr. Michael. The committee voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously among members present. Staff said the finalized calendar would be posted online and included as an information item in the committee report to the full board.
