Civic issues

$20 million supplemental funding for PGCPS

The Board of Education requested an additional $50 million; the county executive proposed $20 million above maintenance of effort, leaving a ~$30 million gap educators and parents say will mean larger classes, fewer special education supports and program cuts like immersion and IB. Testimony repeatedly cited $146 million in cumulative cuts and a classroom fire from degraded wiring at Cesar Chavez as evidence of underfunding.