The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County is scheduled to discuss and adopt its final Fiscal Year 2026 operating and capital budgets at its next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The budgets chart the course for the fiscal year that officially begins on July 1, 2025.
Also at the meeting, the Board will hear an update on the school district’s efforts to address the mandates contained in the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. The meeting will be the final one for Student Member of the Board Hafsa Hamdaoui, whose one-year term expires on June 30.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room in the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis. It is open to the public and subject to normal space limitations in the Board Room. The Board will also meet in a public session at 4:30 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.
A complete agenda for the meeting can be found here. More information on agenda items will be posted on the AACPS website in the Board Docs section under the Board of Education tab.
PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS
The Board will hear public comment from up to 10 total speakers (virtual and in-person combined) per agenda item (excluding personnel items, reports, informational presentations, and recognitions) during a single public comment section in the early portion of the meeting. Additionally, up to 10 speakers can comment on non-agenda items (excluding student-specific or personnel matters, or issues that have had or will have a public hearing before the Board) towards the end of the meeting.
Procedures and protocols for public comment can be found here. A link to register for public comment will be live at 3 p.m. on the Friday before a Board meeting.
The general session of the meeting will be broadcast live on AACPS-TV and on AACPS’ YouTube channel.
BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Board of Education’s Budget Committee will hold a virtual meeting at noon on Monday, June 16, 2025. The meeting will not be broadcast, but those wishing to listen to the meetings can call 301-960-3676 and enter Conference ID 527 072 971#.
The Board of Education’s Policy Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The meeting will not be broadcast, but those wishing to listen to the meetings can call 301-960-3676 and enter Conference ID 574 610 321#.