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Committee approves three PGCPS financial transfer requests; motions pass 4-0
Summary
The Education & Workforce Development Committee voted unanimously on March 10 to approve three Board of Education financial review and transfer requests that reallocate prior-year and multi-year grant funds to align spending with approved amendments.
The County Council Education & Workforce Development Committee voted 4-0 on March 10 to approve three financial review and transfer requests for Prince George's County Public Schools that reallocate funds among functional categories following audits and recently approved grant amendments.
Why it matters: The transfers reconcile multi-year grant spending and approved amendments (including late ESSER III amendments) and move funds into categories such as capital outlay, textbooks and instructional materials, and student health services to reflect actual spending plans.
What the committee approved
1) Transfer request TR4-24 (Fiscal year 2024 financial review and transfer request number 4). Chair Harrison moved the motion; Vice Chair Watson seconded. The roll call recorded Chair Harrison, Vice Chair Watson, Council member Begay and Council member Oriada voting aye. The district described the item as a post-close reallocation following an independent audit and noted it repurposes approximately $92,700,000 among major state functional categories to align with carryover and multi-year grant spending.
2) Transfer request TR5-24 (Board of Education fiscal year 2024 financial review and transfer request 5). Chair Harrison moved the motion; Vice Chair Watson seconded. Roll call votes were recorded as four ayes and the motion carried. Committee materials and staff presentations tied the adjustment to grant carryover and late grant amendments.
3) Transfer request TR1-25 (Board of Education fiscal year 2025 financial review and transfer request 1). Chair Harrison moved the motion; Vice Chair Watson seconded. The motion passed 4-0 on roll call.
Details provided to the committee explained that many category swings reflected the timing and amendments of multi-year grants (including ESSER III), late liquidation approvals from the state and the need to realign funds to capital projects and other approved functional categories. Committee director Adrian Alber noted that one transfer item was approved by the Board of Education on Sept. 26, 2024 and that the requests maintain total revenues and expenditures while redistributing spending across categories.
Votes at a glance
- TR4-24: Passed 4-0 (Harrison, Watson, Begay, Oriada — ayes). - TR5-24: Passed 4-0 (Harrison, Watson, Begay, Oriada — ayes). - TR1-25: Passed 4-0 (Harrison, Watson, Begay, Oriada — ayes).
Ending note: Committee members agreed to take each transfer up individually and approved all three. Staff said they will provide additional item-level details offline when asked by council members.
