The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to discuss and adopt its final Fiscal Year 2021 operating and capital budgets at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
The County Council will formally adopt its FY2021 operating and capital budgets, which contain school system funding, on June 12, 2020. The budgets chart the course for the fiscal year that officially begins on July 1, 2020.
The Board will meet virtually in a public session at 5:30 p.m. for the sole purpose of voting to immediately go into closed session, during which time it will discuss confidential matters as permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act including, but not limited to, legal advice, personnel, and negotiations. Closed session is not open to the public. The public session of the meeting will resume at 7 p.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
To ensure the opportunity for public input during the public portion of the meeting, the Board will accept written public comment for those items that appear on the agenda. Such comment can be sent via email to BoardOffice@aacps.org or dropped off at the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis, no later than noon on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.
Testimony on agenda items must be 250 words or less and must include the name and community of residence of the author as well as any pertinent group affiliation.
Testimony will be compiled and provided to Board members prior to the start of the meeting. It will also be posted online at www.aacps.org/boardtestimony. During the meeting, the Board and the public will be apprised of how many comments were received for each agenda item.
Concerns that are confidential, such as student-specific and personnel issues, cannot be published as part of public testimony.
Testimony that exceeds the 250-word limit will be trimmed to meet the criteria before being posted online. However, the full version will be provided to Board.
Testimony on topics not on the agenda can be submitted under the same criteria as above and will also be posted online.
A complete agenda for the meeting accompanies this news release. More information on agenda items will be posted on the AACPS website in the Board Docs section under the Board of Education tab. The Board may choose to change the order in which agenda items are heard to meet the Board’s needs. Unless changed by the Board, items will be heard in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
The general session of Wednesday’s Board meeting will be broadcast live on AACPS-TV, which can be found on Channel 96 on Comcast and Broadstripe, and Channel 36 on Verizon. High definition broadcasts can be seen on Channel 996 on Comcast, Channel 496 on Broadstripe, and Channel 1961 on Verizon.
The meeting can also be viewed live on AACPS’ YouTube channel here.
Archived videos of Board meetings can be found online here.
BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Board’s Policy Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17. The meeting is open to the public, but no public testimony will be taken.
The Policy Committee meeting will not be broadcast on AACPS-TV or AACPS’ YouTube channel. Those wishing to listen to the meeting should call 301-960-3676 and enter access code 183 279 726 followed by the pound/hashtag symbol.
BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Board’s Policy Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17. The meeting is open to the public, but no public testimony will be taken.
The Budget Committee meeting will not be broadcast on AACPS-TV or AACPS’ YouTube channel. Those wishing to listen to the meeting should call 301-960-3676 and enter access code 640 283 882 followed by the pound/hashtag symbol.
Board of Education meeting agenda, 6-17-20