Updated 12/12/14
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Bloated…wasteful…these are words that others in Cecil County have used to describe the Cecil County Public Schools budget. Bloated…wasteful…overused words that can only be spoken by those who haven’t been involved in our local school system in recent years. I can tell you I’ve never seen waste in CCPS spending and I take it a little personally when such unfounded statements are made.
Let’s look at the facts of Cecil County’s funding of education
- The CCPS budget has been flat for the past 5 years ($175.2 million in FY14).
- Cecil County’s contribution to the CCPS budget has been going down for the past few years and only in FY14 has it come back to almost what it was in 2009.
- In 2014, only 42% of the CCPS budget came from Cecil County. The state average is 50%. This is down from the 51% we received in 2001 (state average was 57% then). The county has a history of underfunding CCPS.
- CCPS has reduced 175 positions from 2010-15 for a savings of $12.5 million. A total of $35.5 million has been saved over that time by CCPS with these reductions, changes to health care benefits, and other savings over that time.
Support adequate funding of public education in Cecil County
Let our elected officials know that you value the work of CCPS and encourage them to provide adequate funding of our schools. If not now, when?
What Can You Do?
Contact the County Executive and members of the County Council and encourage them to support the CCPS budget.
- Tari Moore–County Executive–[email protected]
- Alan McCarthy–Vice President–[email protected]
- Joyce Bowlsbey–[email protected]
- Dan Schneckenburger–[email protected]
- George Patchell–[email protected]
- Robert Hodge–President–[email protected]
Source: CCPS FY 2015 Budget Request