HB1450 final report, HoCo task force to study HCPSS capital revenue options

Here is the final report. I really appreciate so many people have been working on this issue for such a long time since I proposed this legislative task force in 2024. The billion dollar deferred maintenance issue in HCPSS is a challenging issue and we need continue to find a way to fix it. There may be some hard questions to ask and we should not shy away from it.

One figure is missing: the ratio of county funding into HCPSS divided by total county revenue every year. Here is the unofficial data and analysis by Anthony Debella showing a downwards trend: Analysis of Howard County Maryland Expenditure on Public Schools, FY2009 – FY2025 | Dr. Chao Wu