Governor Larry Hogan submitted a $480 million supplemental budget to the General Assembly for Fiscal Year 2023, including funding for first responders, economic development in rural counties, renters and homeowners, and restores Blueprint funding for Baltimore and Prince George’s County school systems.
From the Governor’s press release:
“With this supplemental budget, we are providing critical resources to support Marylanders’ top priorities,” said Governor Hogan. “We look forward to working with the General Assembly in the coming weeks to secure a final budget that delivers record investments in education, major tax relief for families and retirees, and more support for police and first responders.”
The $480 million supplemental budget allocates $139.9 million in additional funding for education resources, including Blueprint for Maryland’s Future initiatives, which some lawmakers argued were missing from the governor’s initial budget. “The funding, called the “education effort adjustment,” is meant to provide extra money to local jurisdictions unable to raise enough taxes to fund their local shares of education reform costs. Legislative analysts say that the adjustment should amount to $99 million for the city of Baltimore and $26.5 million for Prince George’s County in the next fiscal year,” reported Maryland Matters.
The Governor’s press release highlights key areas of the supplemental budget:
- $230.7 million in new Medicaid matching funds, including $152 million from an additional quarter of enhanced federal Medicaid matching funds
- $50 million for the Rural Maryland Economic Development Program, to boost economic development activity, stimulate private sector investment, and grow jobs in the state’s rural regions
- $21 million to support EMS workers and operations statewide through the Maryland EMS Operations Fund
- $176.5 million in new federal funding to support various housing and homeowner initiatives, including the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, the Homeowner Assistance Fund, and the State Small Business Credit Initiative
- $139.9 million in additional resources for education, including Blueprint for Maryland’s Future initiatives
- $1.2 million for recruitment and retention bonuses at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
- $800,000 to provide funds for midge spraying in Baltimore County
- $303,000 to support the recruitment and retention of veterans’ cemetery workers
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