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Montgomery County council presses agencies for a clear data plan as OST MOU awaits final signatures
Summary
County leaders were told a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Montgomery County Public Schools and Recreation is at signature routing but stalled on background‑check language; councilmembers demanded a concrete plan, a staffed data coordinator, and shared metrics to link program enrollment and outcomes across the county’s out‑of‑school‑time system.
Council Vice President Jelanda, chairing a joint work session of three council committees, pressed county and school officials on Wednesday to produce a concrete plan for tracking who participates in out‑of‑school‑time (OST) programs after staff said the county still lacks a single, coordinated system to collect and compare participation and outcome data.
"We have to set ourselves up with the right tools, resources, authority, coordination to do it," Jelanda said, opening the meeting and urging staff to return with a plan ahead of next year’s budget decisions.
Presenters described two near‑term technical steps the council asked to see: finalizing a data‑sharing memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and the Department of Recreation, and standing up a staffed role to gather, desegregate and maintain countywide OST data. Staff said the MOU is in routing for signatures but remains under legal review because of language about background checks between represented employees and unions.
"The sticking point for the MOU right now is a line in the background checks between our two unions," an agency…
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