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Board accepts policy review committee report after public comment on finance and activity funds policies
Summary
The Board received a first reader on proposed changes to four finance‑related policies and voted to accept the policy review committee’s recommendations after public commenters raised questions about transfer authority, auditing and school activity fund wording.
On Jan. 28 the Board of Education of Baltimore County received a first reader of proposed changes to board policies addressing transfers and supplements (Policy 31‑13), funds management and classification of expenditures (Policy 31‑21), financial reporting (Policy 31‑23) and school activity funds (Policy 31‑25). The policy review committee had recommended the changes and presented them to the full board as exhibits H‑1 through H‑4.
Public comment during the policy segment focused on perceived brevity and clarity in the draft policy language. A frequent theme among commenters was that the draft policy language describing the superintendent’s authority to manage the budget and approve transfers was too…
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