$1.77B FY2022 Operating Budget Proposed By BCPS Superintendent

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darryl L. Williams presented a $1.77 billion operating budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 during the Board of Education of Baltimore County’s Jan. 5 meeting.

“Our budget is really about people,” Williams said, as he highlighted that salaries and benefits comprise 83 percent of the BCPS budget.

The superintendent’s FY2022 budget proposal contains a "modest compensation increase" for staff in an effort to keep salaries competitive with surrounding school systems. According to the district, in lieu of any new initiatives, the budget maintains spending for instructional staffing ratios and materials; per pupil budgets for schools; facilities maintenance; technology infrastructure; and capital programs. The budget also reflects a minimum wage increase; community eligibility provision (schoolwide free student meals) expansion to 87 schools; increased special education services; utility rate inflation; and the addition of a fifth grade at Watershed Charter School.