Baltimore City Council committee advances school property tax ordinances and school board budget to City Council

Baltimore City Council's Budget and Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved procedural moves to advance two property-tax ordinances and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners' operating budget to the full City Council for second reading on June 22, 2026.

Chair Danielle McCray, Councilwoman for the Second District, presided over the meeting. Vice President Sharon Green Middleton moved an amendment to ordinance 26-0188; the committee voted and the amendment passed, with McCray, Middleton and Councilman Paris Gray voting yes and members Schaefer and Glover recorded as absent. The committee then voted to report ordinance 26-0188 to the full council as favorable with the approved amendment.

Councilman Paris Gray also moved to report ordinance 26-0189, the annual property tax ordinance for school year 2027, as favorable; that motion carried with the same 3-0 tally and two absences. Finally, Gray moved to report the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners' FY 2027 operating budget as favorable; that motion likewise passed 3-0 with two members absent. All three items will be placed on the City Council agenda for second reading on June 22, 2026.

Paroma Nandy, Office of Council Services staff, attended the meeting for committee support. The record shows multiple typographical variants of some member names in the transcript; this article uses the spellings given at first introduction in the meeting record. The committee adjourned after the votes.

The votes were procedural and did not include debate on budget line items or tax rates during the recorded segments; no dollar amounts or budget breakdowns were provided in the transcript.