[Call to Order: Board President]
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AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2026 AT 12 P.M. THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. MISS ROLLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. MRS. PERRY HERE, MISS NAKAI. HERE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MUELLER. PRESENT. MR. MCVICAR. I BELIEVE MR. MCVICAR IS ABSENT. MR. KORN, MR. KORN IS ABSENT. MRS. HAHN. MRS. HAHN IS ABSENT. MISS BRUCE HERE. MRS. ALVAREZ. HERE. VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL HERE. PRESIDENT PAGE HERE. ACTING SUPERINTENDENT MACK, INTERIM HERE. I'M SORRY. SO SORRY. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU, MR. SEWELL. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, PRESIDENT PAGE WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DOCTOR MACK WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR A MOTION, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR A NO. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES YES. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO. YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE ONLINE WAS. I BELIEVE MELISSA HAS JOINED. JOINED? I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO GET MY COMPUTER TO CONNECT. IT WON'T CONNECT. SO I'M ON MY PHONE AND THE COMPUTER. I'M SO SORRY. YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR IT. OKAY. I'M TRYING TO GET MY COMPUTER TO CONNECT TO THE AUDIO AND IT'S NOT WORKING. SO I HAVE MY PHONE CONNECTED AND MY COMPUTER. ONCE I GET IT FIXED, I WILL DISCONNECT ONE OF THE OTHER IF I CAN'T GET IT FIXED. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT. I
[A. Decision on Superintendent's Proposed FY2027 Budget, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services and Mr. Eric Clark, Director of Budget]
WILL NOW CALL MISS DEBORAH JUDD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS SERVICES, AND MR. ERIC CLARKE, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. AND SO WHILE THEY ARRIVE, JUST TO ORIENT US TO WHY WE'RE HERE, WE STEPPED THROUGH AND HAD A MAJORITY VOTE ON SEVERAL AMENDMENTS AT OUR MEETING ON THE 25TH. WE DID NOT GET TO A QUORUM OF FIVE VOTES ON THE TOTAL PACKAGE TO SEND OVER TO THE COUNTY. SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. SO MISS JUDD WILL JUST KIND OF STEP THROUGH AND LET US KNOW WHAT AMENDMENTS PASSED. AND THEN I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE FOR US TO SEND OVER THE UNRESTRICTED FUND OPERATING BUDGET TO THE COUNTY. SO WITH THAT, MISS JUDD, IF YOU JUST WANT TO START WITH SLIDE TWO, OKAY. SO THE REVENUE SUMMARY, AS YOU CAN SEE, REFLECTS THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. SO RESULTING IN A TOTAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR FY 27 OF $720,259,698, A 7.1% INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR. THIS IS THE LISTING OF THE APPROVED EXPENDITURE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED. THE BOARD APPROVED THE REDUCTION OF TEACHERS IN THE ASK, DID NOT ELIMINATE THE ASK, BUT DID REDUCE PRE-K TO SECOND TEACHERS FROM 20 TO 10 AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNER TEACHERS FROM 8 TO 3. THE BOARD APPROVED ELIMINATING NINE TITLE ONE OVER STAFFS ELIMINATED THE INCLUSION OF THE COORDINATOR OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND MAGNETS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, REDUCE THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS, REDUCE THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION COSTS, AND ELIMINATE THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM ADDITIONS. SO THIS IS THE NUMBERS SUMMARY OF THAT. SO IT WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT $4 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS. 4.6 AND[00:05:19]
31 REDUCTION IN FTES. I CAN GO BACK TO ANY OF THESE SLIDES. OKAY. SO WITH THAT NO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT RECAP. SO WITH THAT BOARD I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDED UNRESTRICTED FUND BUDGET FOR FY 27. IN THE AMOUNT OF 722 59 698 WITH THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED, I SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. HEARING NOTHING. MISS ROLL, IF YOU WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE MISS PERRY. YES, MR. CURTIS, NO. DOCTOR MUELLER. YES. MISSUS.HAHN. NO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU, MISS BRUCE. YES, MISS ALVAREZ, NO. VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL. YES. PRESIDENT PAGE. YES. THIS MOTION PASSES FIVE THREE. THANK
[Future Meetings Review]
YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THIS MEETING. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, MARCH 9TH,* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.