Report: Montgomery school funding jeopardizes rest of county

The cost of funding Montgomery County’s public schools is expected to grow at the same rate as the county’s revenue, about 2 percent each year for the next five years, stunting the growth of every other county agency unless lawmakers find other sources of money.

A report from the county’s Office of Legislative Oversight, released Tuesday, pegged a recently tightened Maryland law that requires increased spending for higher enrollment, and the shift of teacher pension costs from the state to the county, as drivers of the schools’ ballooning budget.