What share of the county budget does MCPS receive?
In FY 2007, the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Operating Budget constitutes 48.1 percent of all Montgomery County Operating Budget expenditures. That proportion has remained approximately the same for many years, although there has been a small increase since FY 2000 when MCPS had 47 percent of the Operating Budget. If debt service for capital budget projects paid by the County Government on behalf of MCPS is included, then expenditures for MCPS constitute 50.3 percent of the local budget. In most municipalities, expenditures for public schools are the largest part of the local budget.
