QACPS Budget Update

Working to balance the FY25 budget in preparation of the district’s upcoming financial audit, the Queen Anne’s County Public Schools Board of Education approved a transfer of funds within the FY25 budget Aug. 6.The Bay Times and Record Observer reports each year the finance department goes through the previous year closeout to ensure dollar amounts in each of the categories are balanced, and the district overspent on three categories during previous Fiscal Year 2025: special education, health and human services and operations, according to Finance Director Rob Watkins.