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Superintendent outlines Maryland "Blueprint" minimum school funding challenges; AIB grants waiver‑filing extension
Summary
Superintendent Barnes told the board the state Blueprint requires school‑level, per‑student reporting and a 75% school allocation rule; staff said the district faces heavy accounting work ("over 400,000 expenditure lines") and that the Accountability and Implementation Board granted an extension to the waiver filing deadline, giving the district more time to finalize methodology.
Superintendent Barnes used the Nov. 20 meeting to walk board members through Maryland's Blueprint minimum school funding requirement and explain why the district will need more time to comply.
Barnes said the Blueprint starts with a foundation per‑pupil amount for all students and adds supplemental funding for students with disabilities, multilingual learners, students in high‑poverty schools, pre‑K and students meeting college and career readiness benchmarks. "Each district must demonstrate that a minimum of 75% of the blueprint funding follows to students to the school they…
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