The BOE and PTA Council of Howard County Support Higher Fees

In 2017 and 2018 the Board of Education and the PTA Council were instrumental to the legislation that strengthened the growth management polices related to school capacities in the county’s adequate public facilities ordinance (APFO).

They are doing so again by calling for higher school impact fees.

• In its letter to the State Delegation, the BOE points out that Howard County’s school impact fees are the lowest among the larger counties in Maryland. They state that current fees will not be enough to provide adequate school capacity.
• The PTA Council calls for market –based analysis.

Please continue share this petition until the final vote. The proposed $4 per square foot it not sufficient. The county has been subsidizing developer profits for too long. Higher fees are needed to maintain/improve school quality.

The choice is clear: either the developers pay through higher school impact fees or the taxpayer pays through low quality schools, higher transfer taxes, and lower quality of life.