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Garrett County to seek waivers on weighted student funding for pre-K and multilingual learners
Summary
At its Nov. 11 meeting the Garrett County Board of Education heard a presentation proposing waivers to Maryland’s weighted student funding rules: a targeted pre‑K waiver for four schools and a multilingual learner waiver for all schools to address calculation rules that exclude Head Start staffing and the district’s very low multilingual counts.
Dr. Miller and GCPS staff presented a plan at the Nov. 11 Garrett County Board of Education meeting to seek waivers from the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) for components of the state’s weighted student funding calculation.
The presentation, led by Dr. Miller with Ashley and Glatfelty, said the district’s baseline review (conducted with consulting support from APA under an AIB grant) shows GCPS is serving pre‑K classrooms in collaboration with Head Start but that Head Start staffing is excluded from the Blueprint funding calculation. The presenters said combining GCPS and Head…
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