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Board adopts FY27 budget basis, approves technical adjustments and restores dozens of positions

Howard County Public Schools Board of Education · February 19, 2026
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Summary

Board adopted the superintendent's FY27 recommended budget as the basis for its requested budget, approved technical revenue/expenditure adjustments reflecting updated state and local projections, and approved a slate of restorations and additions (science paraeducators, media specialists, middle-school paraeducators, multilingual teachers, and training).

The Howard County Board of Education voted to adopt the superintendent's FY27 recommended budget as the basis for the board's requested budget, with the expectation that motions for restorations and additions would follow. The motion to adopt the budget basis was made by Ms. Watts and passed by roll call.

Staff described technical updates to revenue following preliminary MSDE and county figures: an updated state-aid estimate (presented in the work session), a removal of $993,310 in state share private pre-K tuition that will now flow directly to the county, and a small MOE (maintenance-of-effort) update tied to enrollment. The board…

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