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Superintendent flags complexity of Blueprint 'minimum school funding' reporting, may seek waivers
Summary
Superintendent Barnes told the board HCPSS must align nearly 400,000 expenditure lines to the Blueprint minimum-school-funding categories by FY27 or apply for waivers by Dec. 1; he said many districts are likely to seek waivers because the process is school-by-school and funding-area-by-funding-area and carries risk of misleading narratives about school-level resources.
Superintendent Michael Barnes updated the Howard County Board of Education on Nov. 6 about implications of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, focusing on the state’s new "minimum school funding" reporting requirement in the Blueprint’s governance pillar.
Barnes said the state requires school systems to report how funds are distributed to schools by student needs (e.g., students with disabilities, English learners, students in high-poverty schools, pre-K) and that HCPSS staff are attempting to…
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