State Funding Per Pupil
The state’s per-pupil funding for Talbot County Public Schools increased 49% between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2024. That’s the largest increase among all 24 Maryland public school districts.
Per-pupil funding is based on a formula that utilizes the district’s total enrollment and the characteristics of its students. It’s too soon to know what the per-pupil funding level will be in the later years of the Blueprint.
Here’s the district’s initial Blueprint Implementation Plan. And here’s what the state Accountability and Implementation Board – which oversees the Blueprint – had to say about Talbot County Public Schools’ Blueprint Implementation Plan:
Strengths:
- Talbot County has a strong plan for Pillar 2 – recruiting high quality and diverse teachers and leaders – thanks to its connections with local higher education partners, recruitment efforts and the hiring of a diversity recruitment and retention facilitator.
- The district plans to provide teachers training on data analysis and scheduling as well as ways of supporting college and career readiness.
- Talbot has a comprehensive plan to monitor key data and intervene early for students not on track as they enter high school.
- The district has appointed a school-to-career counselor responsible for developing employer partnerships to support work-based learning and apprenticeship
Needs improvement:
- Because it’s a small county, Talbot faces challenges in implementing parts of the Blueprint, such as expanding early education options and attracting the necessary faculty.
- Talbot is still developing robust plans for literacy and math that align with the Blueprint.
- The district could improve its post-college and career readiness pathways.
- Talbot could focus more on historically underserved student groups and how the district plans to close achievement gaps.
– Mennatalla Haytham Ibrahim