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Board directs superintendent to revise community-use policy, removing nonprofit youth exemption and adding field and energy fees
Summary
The Howard County Board of Education voted to direct the superintendent to begin a formal policy review to revise policy 10,020 (Community Use of Facilities): expand energy fees, reclassify "facility" fees as "use" fees including grounds, and remove nonprofit youth organizations from the exemption list. The motion asks staff to follow the board's policy process and consider an implementation timeline for 2026-27.
The Howard County Board of Education voted to direct the superintendent to have the policy office revise Policy 10,020, Community Use of Facilities, to (1) institute a revised energy fee for all community users, (2) change “facility fees” to “use fees” so charges include sites and grounds as well as buildings, and (3) rescind exemption status for nonprofit youth organizations. The board motion to begin the policy review, made by Chair Mallow and seconded by Ms. Chamblee, passed by roll call vote, recorded as 8-0.
Board members and staff framed the action as the start of a policy process rather than an immediate price change. Cornell Brown, the district's chief operating officer, said the intent is…
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