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Maryland School for the Deaf budget holds steady as DLS flags per‑pupil reduction and audit items
Summary
Department of Legislative Services projects a roughly $300,000 decrease in the Maryland School for the Deaf operating budget for fiscal 2026 and recommends a $650,000 contingent reduction tied to a proposed BRFAA per‑pupil cut; school leaders said they are addressing audit findings and preparing staff for a new kindergarten readiness assessment.
The Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) would see its fiscal 2026 operating allowance decrease by about $300,000, to roughly $55 million, according to the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) budget analysis presented to the Education and Economic Development Subcommittee.
DLS analyst Laura Hyde told the panel that while MSD’s personnel costs rise by roughly $2 million in the fiscal 2026 allowance, other reductions — including a deficiency allocation for a chiller replacement at the Eli Building on the Frederick campus — produce a net decline. Hyde said a Budget and Reconciliation Financing Act (BRFAA) provision would lower the statutory per‑pupil foundation amount; applying the BRFAA per‑pupil reduction would cut MSD’s appropriation by about $650,000, and DLS recommended that…
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