Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight’s proposed $3.23 Fiscal Year 2025 budget for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) includes a 5% increase and calls for a decrease in full-time employees in elementary through high school and increase in special education employees.
The budget was released Thursday.
Also Thursday, MCPS revealed the salary of former Councilmember Nancy Navarro, who was appointed recently as senior advisor for external affairs in McKnight’s office.
According to the Maryland Public Information Act filed by MCM, Navarro will be paid $96.62 an hour with no benefits for her work as a temporary, part-time position. The Dec. 21 response did not reveal how many hours she was hired for and whether there was a limit on those hours.
According to the 505-page proposed budget, 65% of the funds to operate the school district come from Montgomery County, 28% come from the state and 3% comes from the federal government.
Neither the county nor the state have finalized how much money they will allocate to MCPS.
According to the proposed budget, there will be 171 fewer fulltime equivalent employees in the elementary through secondary schools and an increase of 112 full time equivalent positions for special education. There will be 37 additional full time equivalent employees in the English learners department and 41 additional fulltime equivalent employees in transportation.
About 80% of the budget is allocated to instruction. Another 14% is set aside for school support services.
The budget includes a prediction of a slight increase in enrollment, from this year’s 160,223 to 161,580 project in 2025.
MCPS’ Virtual Academy is allocated $4.3 million, which is an increase of $977,000.
Superintendent Monica McKnight about to be unveil MCPS budget @mymcmedia @MCPS pic.twitter.com/w3u1MFgBF0
— suzanne pollak (@SuzannePollak) December 14, 2023
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