POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING 10-12-26

The Baltimore County Public Schools Policy Review Committee met virtually on October 12, 2026, to review board policies. No contract awards, budgets, or dollar amounts were discussed. Procurement-related activity arose under Policy 8341: staff said hearing examiners are contracted attorneys, selected through an RFP issued with the Office of Purchasing and evaluated against qualifications using a rubric and point system. The policy’s proposed use of periodic solicitations to form the examiner panel advanced to first reader; no vendor names or contract values were provided.

The committee also advanced Policies 409, 5520, and 5551 to first reader, and advanced Policy 7530 as amended, including revisions to naming criteria. A proposed amendment to Policy 5520 adding political identity and expression failed. Policy 8340 was postponed pending additional information from staff about the feasibility of providing specific appeal filing deadlines to parties. For Policy 8315, the committee approved a separate public-comment category for individual BCPS students and reduced the maximum spaces for both that category and individual citizens from 15 to 10. No other procurement activity was identified.