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Speaker at Carroll County budget hearing alleges $66 million forecasting error, says teacher raises were delayed
Summary
A public commenter at Carroll County's FY27 budget hearing alleged a more-than-$66 million forecasting error in FY26 revenue projections and said delayed teacher interval raises cost the district about $2.2 million; the board did not respond to the claim during the hearing.
An attendee at the May 6 Carroll County FY2027 budget public hearing told commissioners that prior-year revenue projections were substantially off and that the error produced real financial harm for educators.
The commenter said that during the FY26 budget cycle, members of the public had urged additional funding for Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) but that the board declined requests on the basis that funds were nonrecurring. The speaker alleged that actual FY26 revenue exceeded projections by more than $66 million (characterizing it as more than an 11% growth) and said that delayed interval raises for teachers translated to about $1,200 per tier-1 teacher, totaling roughly $2.2 million across the district.
The speaker asked the board to acknowledge the impact of forecasting errors on classroom staff and to adopt stronger accountability measures to prevent repeated large-scale misestimation. The transcript does not record a response from county staff or commissioners to these numeric claims during the hearing.
These are allegations made during public comment and should be verified against county financial reports and the published FY26 and FY27 budget documents before being cited as fact. The county's publicly posted budget and the Department of Management and Budget records are the appropriate sources for verifying revenue performance and payroll/compensation timing.
