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Student well-being budget adds converted health and social-work positions; some supports remain unfunded
Summary
The Department of Student Well-being budget converts several grant-funded health and social-work roles to full-time staff while leaving an instructional facilitator for student engagement on an unfunded list.
The Howard County Board of Education heard Thursday that the Department of Student Well-being'which covers counseling, psychological services, social work, home-and-hospital services and health services'includes several targeted staffing changes in the superintendent's FY26 proposal.
At the presentation, staff said the proposed budget converts two school social workers from grant-funded to regular, system-funded positions, completing a five-year roll-out of school…
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