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The Office of Governor Wes Moore

Putting Our Students and Educators First

How Governor Moore is investing in Maryland’s schools and educators::

  • Dropped the teacher vacancy rate in Maryland by 58% since the 2022-2023 school year through strategic investments and school enhancements.

  • Public schools will receive $10.1 billion, a fourth straight year of record investments from the Moore-Miller administration.

  • The Moore-Miller Administration has increased funding for HBCUs by nearly 60%, investing a total of $1.34 billion towards Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities.

The Moore-Miller Administration knows that when our students and educators succeed, the state of Maryland succeeds. The administration has worked with the General Assembly to make record investments in public education and will continue prioritizing our educators, strengthening our community schools, and modernizing the places where our students learn-ensuring that opportunity reaches every ZIP code and that every Maryland student has the tools to succeed.

Impacts for Marylanders

  • $10.1 Billion

    Public schools will receive $10.1 billion, a fourth straight year of record investments from the Moore-Miller administration, and a nearly 17% increase in overall K-12 funding since inauguration.

  • $1.34 Billion

    The Moore-Miller Administration has increased funding for HBCUs by nearly 60%, investing a total of $1.34 billion towards Maryland's historically black colleges and universities.

  • 58%

    Dropped the teacher vacancy rate in Maryland by 58% since the 2022-2023 school year through strategic investments and school enhancements.

  • $480 Million

    $480.5 million in-state funding for school construction to modernize aging facilities and expand education capacity.

Grow Your Own: Teacher Pipeline and Retention

This year's budget invests $19.4 million for the "Grow Your Own" program that helps staff who work in schools become full-time, licensed teachers in the communities where they live with a debt free pathway to licensure. This builds on the work that has already helped reduce the state's teacher vacancy rate by more than half.

Academic Excellence: Literacy and Math

The Academic Excellence Program receives $10.9 million in this year's budget to drive literacy and math gains by deploying highly trained state-hired instructional coaches with a singular focus on teacher development and student growth. This builds on the gains in early literacy the administration has achieved, ranking 3rd in the nation for student growth in reading between 2022 and 2025.

Community Schools: Wraparound Services

Community schools, which provide wraparound student and family support services to more than half of Maryland schools, received $572 million in this year's budget. That funding is a 16% increase that will continue helping improve the quality of education for Maryland students and close achievement gaps.