K-12 schools

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball filed emergency budget legislation Monday to provide up to $14.5 million in additional funding to the school system for the coming fiscal year.

There have been multiple incidents of students in Prince George’s County sticking objects into their school-issued or personal electronic devices, causing fires and smoke.

Without data, experts say, it’s all but impossible for school officials and transit planners to find solutions for the thousands of Baltimore City kids who struggle to get to class on time every day.

Psychologists and counselors were reclassified to 10-month employees to save money in Baltimore County.

Michael Martirano left the Howard County Public School System abruptly last year.

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Education to resume pandemic recovery funding that had been abruptly cut off for several states.

It could mean years before as many as 25,000 Baltimore City Public Schools students see much change in their journeys to school.

All of the students attend Millersville Elementary School, an official said.

Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is set to stand trial on May 19 in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.

In a letter to parents, Principal Jamel Jernigan described the incident as “serious.”

Communities at aging schools are still waiting to see how the fate of their buildings could change.

Educators, parents, residents and others urged the Howard County Council to provide additional funding for the school system, which is warning that program and staff cuts will be necessary without additional dollars.

Roberts was the only justice whose vote seemed in doubt after the court heard more than two hours of arguments Wednesday.

Maryland is just one of the states that have submitted or resubmitted bills to the U.S. Department of Education.

Budget challenges are forcing Baltimore County school district officials to rethink the pay increases they’d promised staff.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander sentenced Dazhon Darien, 32, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School who split his time between Baltimore and Houston, to serve four months in the Baltimore County Detention Center.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.

New Village Academy canceled plans to open this fall, blaming tariffs and upheaval in federal funding.

Thursday's statement was carefully worded and didn’t contain the strong language coming from some states that openly defied the Trump administration.

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.