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Giving a preview of a “budget full of difficult decisions” Thursday night, acting Howard County Public School System Superintendent Bill Barnes announced that 348 total positions would be eliminated to address “structural financial challenges” in balancing the system’s 2025 operating budget. Eliminating positions is necessary, Barnes said, because HCPSS is looking at a $103 million budget gap, ...

Howard County schools' budget relies on nearly $30 million of one-time funds to cover recurring costs and includes $47.4 million to fund staff compensation increases, $7.5 million for transportation costs related to new school start times and $2.5 million to open Guilford Park High in Jessup.

Members of the Howard County Council lambasted the Howard County Public School System’s budgeting process as the council voted 3-2 on Wednesday against a budget amendment to provide $2.7 million more to the school system’s fiscal 2024 operating budget.

The Howard County Board of Education failed to adopt a budget balancing scenario at its Monday work session, potentially jeopardizing its fiscal 2024 budget adoption timeline.

The Howard County Board of Education voted Thursday to fund full replacement buildings for Oakland Mills and Dunloggin middle schools instead of previously scheduled renovations and additions.