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BCPS defends Oracle payroll rollout as unions and staff report ongoing pay errors
Summary
Baltimore County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on Oct. 7 that the district's July rollout of Oracle's human-capital and payroll system is supported by vendor "hyper-care" and managed services, but union leaders and employees described continuing payroll glitches that have caused extra work and, in some cases, missed or incorrect pay.
Baltimore County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on Oct. 7 that the district's July rollout of Oracle's enterprise resource planning (ERP) human-capital and payroll modules remains on a multi-phase implementation schedule and is supported by short-term "hyper-care" and a three-year managed-services agreement.
The district presentation said the HCM/payroll modules went live July 1 and that Phases 3—5 (finance, budget and procurement) are scheduled for July 1, 2026. "Since July, we've had seven pay dates and almost 95,000 pay events for close to 22,000 BCPS employees," payroll lead David Tantliff said during the presentation, adding the district's current payroll accuracy rate is about 98 percent.
Union representatives and school administrators told the board the transition has produced recurring problems. "Principals and supervisors are reporting that they're spending 90 to…
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