Despite enrollment drop, Baltimore County Schools report massive spike in free meals, ESOL students

Baltimore County’s School Board has approved it’s budget for fiscal year 2025. The $2.58 billion budget, comes in at just 0.04 percent less than last fiscal year. Made up of various different funds, the passed budget includes a $42.3 million increase to the system’s general fund equating to about two percent. Some of that comes from the state’s Blue Print education law.