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MCPS hearing draws broad testimony on FY27 budget as community presses for special education, staffing and program protections
Summary
At a virtual public hearing on the superintendent's recommended FY27 operating budget, community members urged the Board of Education to protect special education resource teachers, restore pupil personnel workers and restorative justice stipends, and preserve the Innovative School Year program while asking for clearer staffing and facilities plans.
The Board of Education of Montgomery County Public Schools held a virtual public hearing on the superintendent's recommended FY27 operating budget, hearing several hours of testimony from elected officials, students, union leaders, parents and nonprofit advocates.
Speakers from across the county welcomed several proposed investments in the budget but pressed the board for changes and clarifications. Mayor Monique Ashton of Rockville asked the board to "support class size reductions" and to delay staffing allocation reductions until MCPS has firm summer enrollment projections. The Montgomery County Education Association's president, David Stein, described the budget as "a basic budget for difficult economic times" but praised a proposal to add one full-time special education resource…
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