Ball’s proposed Howard County schools’ budget is 6.2% increase over last year

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball’s proposed fiscal 2025 operating budget provides the school system with $47 million above its required minimum funding level, and would supply $5 million in one-time funding to schools, Ball told the County Council Tuesday evening. The $5 million in “pay-as-you-go” spending, which funds capital projects with money from the county’s rainy-day fund, will “support one-time school transportation needs,” according to the proposed budget.