MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — After months of heated debate over how to spend Montgomery County Public Schools’ largest budget yet, the school board is expected to vote Thursday on its final budget for fiscal year 2027.
The vote is slated for around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
The proposed $3.7 billion spending plan would be the biggest approved budget in MCPS history, a $143 million increase from last year. Even with the boost, school system leaders have said it is less than what they wanted and that cuts are needed to account for the shortfall…