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Board splits on budget moves; supplemental appropriation briefly approved then reconsidered, BAT deferred to May 5
Summary
Board debate over a $26.5M budget appropriation transfer and a $10.54M supplemental appropriation exposed disagreements about accounting for substitute staffing (Kelly Services vs in-house), line-item detail, and county timing; the board ultimately did not finalize the BAT/supplement in this session and will revisit the items at the May 5 meeting.
The Baltimore County Board of Education spent more than two hours on April 21 debating an annual budget appropriation transfer (BAT) of $26.5 million and a supplemental appropriation request of $10.54 million to cover FY26 bargaining compensation and other shortfalls.
Finance staff said the BAT realigns approved budget lines to projected year-end expenditures (examples included moving funding for substitute services between payroll and contractual lines because of continued use of Kelly Services) and that the supplemental appropriation would increase spending authority to cover negotiated salary adjustments agreed to…
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