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Maryland School for the Deaf cites chiller deficiency, audit fixes and new kindergarten readiness plan in FY26 budget hearing
Summary
Budget analysts outlined a roughly $300,000 net decrease in the Maryland School for the Deaf’s fiscal 2026 allowance, a $2.4 million deficiency request for a campus chiller, unresolved audit items and plans to adopt a new kindergarten readiness assessment in fall 2025.
The Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) told the House Appropriations Education and Economic Development Subcommittee that its fiscal 2026 allowance falls about $300,000, while the agency is seeking a $2.4 million deficiency to replace a chiller on the Frederick campus.
In a presentation to the panel, Laura Hyde, budget analyst for the Department of Legislative Services (DLS), said MSD’s fiscal 2026 allowance decreases by approximately $300,000 (0.5 percent) to $55,000,000 and noted a proposed deficiency of $2,400,000 to fund a replacement chiller for the Eli building on the Frederick campus. Hyde also highlighted that MSD’s budget is concentrated in payroll: “The majority of the fiscal 2026 proposed budget… is for salaries and fringe benefits,” and that contractual services and contractual personnel comprise smaller…
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