SB 882
Department of Legislative Services
Maryland General Assembly
2021 Session
FISCAL AND POLICY NOTE
Third Reader - Revised
Senate Bill 882 (Senator Guzzone)
Budget and Taxation Appropriations
Operating Budget - Education Programs - Mandated Funding
This bill requires the Governor to include, in the annual budget bill for fiscal 2023, an
appropriation to each grant recipient (known as State-Aided Educational Institutions, or
SAIs) under Funding for Educational Organizations, Other Institutions that is equal to the
greater of the funding amount that the recipient received in fiscal 2020, 2021 or 2022. In
addition, the Governor must provide a total of $150,000 under Funding for Educational
Organizations, Other Institutions in the fiscal 2023 annual budget bill. The bill takes effect
July 1, 2021.
Fiscal Summary
State Effect: General fund expenditures increase by $1.7 million in fiscal 2023 over the
fiscal 2022 allowance. This bill establishes a mandated appropriation for FY 2023.
(in dollars) FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Revenues $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
GF Expenditure 0 1,712,700 0 0 0
Net Effect $0 ($1,712,700) $0 $0 $0
Note:() = decrease; GF = general funds; FF = federal funds; SF = special funds; - = indeterminate increase; (-) = indeterminate decrease
Local Effect: None. Local governments do not receive grants through the Funding for
Educational Organizations budget item.
Small Business Effect: None. Grant recipients are not for-profit institutions.
 Analysis
Current Law: The State of Maryland, through the Maryland State Department of
Education (MSDE), provides annual grants to nonprofit organizations (SAIs) to provide
enriching educational programs experiences to students and teachers, which cannot be
replicated in the classroom. Funding of SAIs is not mandated.
State law establishes the following annual process for qualifying SAIs and assessing their
merit with respect to specified goals. The timing of each step in the process is specified.
To qualify as an SAI, an educational institution must submit specified documentation,
including a request for funding, to MSDE. MSDE must review applications for
qualification as an SAI and must submit a list of the qualified institutions to the State
Superintendent of Schools. The State Superintendent must review and comment on the
institutions on the list and the extent and manner in which each would forward the goals of
the Maryland Schools for Success Program and the Maryland School Performance Program
and present the list and comments of qualified institutions and comments on each
institution to the State Board, for review and comment by the board. The State Board of
Education must submit to the Governor the list of qualified institutions; the
Superintendent’s comments on each institution; and the State Board’s comments, if any,
on each institution.
State Expenditures: As shown in Exhibit 1, the bill provides minimum funding for
57 SAIs that receive funding in at least one year during the fiscal 2020 through 2022 period.
The Governor’s allowance for fiscal 2022 provides 10% less than prior year funding for
each of the 56 SAIs, resulting in a statewide total of $4.9 million. Thus, the bill provides
the equivalent of the greater funding amount for each grant recipient in fiscal 2020 or
fiscal 2021 for those 56 organizations. One organization, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation,
received $437,700 in fiscal 2020 but has not been funded since. Though the National
Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass received funding in fiscal 2020, this analysis assumes
no fiscal 2023 funding because the museum is no longer in operation.
Assuming no change in the fiscal 2022 allowance, mandated statewide funding in
fiscal 2023 under the bill is nearly $6.5 million plus $150,000, or $6.6 million. This
represents a $1.7 million increase over the fiscal 2022 allowance for SAIs.
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 Exhibit 1
Funding for State-Aided Institutions
Difference
Appropriation Appropriation Allowance vs.
Institution Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022 Greater Fiscal 2022
Accokeek Foundation $20,978 $18,880 $16,992 $20,978 $3,986
Adventure Theater 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Alice Ferguson Foundation 83,261 74,935 67,441 83,261 15,820
Alliance of Southern Prince George’s
Communities, Inc. 33,305 29,974 26,977 33,305 6,328
American Visionary Art Museum 15,776 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Annapolis Maritime Museum 40,037 36,033 32,430 40,037 7,607
Audubon Naturalist Society 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Baltimore Center Stage 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Baltimore Museum of Art 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Baltimore Museum of Industry 84,138 75,724 68,152 84,138 15,986
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 66,609 59,948 53,953 66,609 12,656
B&O Railroad Museum 63,104 56,794 51,115 63,104 11,989
Best Buddies International
(Maryland Program) 166,522 149,870 134,883 166,522 31,639
Calvert Marine Museum 52,446 47,201 42,481 52,446 9,965
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Chesapeake Bay Foundation 437,341 0 0 437,341 437,341
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 21,034 18,931 17,038 21,034 3,996
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Citizenship Law-Related Education 30,675 27,607 24,847 30,675 5,828
Collegebound Foundation 37,688 33,919 30,527 37,688 7,161
The Dyslexia Tutoring Program, Inc. 37,688 33,919 30,527 37,688 7,161
Echo Hill Outdoor School 56,092 50,483 45,435 56,092 10,657
Everyman Theater 52,446 47,201 42,481 52,446 9,965
Fire Museum of Maryland 10,489 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Greater Baltimore Urban League 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Historic London Town and Gardens 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Imagination Stage 249,785 224,806 202,325 249,785 47,460
Irvine Nature Center 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Jewish Museum of Maryland 13,146 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Junior Achievement of Central
Maryland 42,068 37,861 34,075 42,068 7,993
KID Museum 0 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Learning Undefeated 26,223 23,601 21,241 26,223 4,982
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 Difference
Appropriation Appropriation Allowance vs.
Institution Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022 Greater Fiscal 2022
Living Classrooms Inc. 319,023 287,122 258,409 319,023 60,614
Maryland Academy of Sciences 915,879 824,292 741,863 915,879 174,016
Maryland Historical Society 125,329 112,797 101,516 125,329 23,813
Maryland Humanities Council 43,821 39,439 35,495 43,821 8,326
Maryland Leadership 45,575 41,017 36,915 45,575 8,660
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore 851,900 766,711 690,039 851,900 161,861
Math, Engineering and Science
Achievement 79,754 71,779 64,601 79,754 15,153
National Aquarium in Baltimore 497,817 448,036 403,232 497,817 94,585
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum 42,068 37,861 34,075 42,068 7,993
Northbay 500,000 450,000 405,000 500,000 95,000
Olney Theatre 146,365 131,729 118,556 146,365 27,809
Outward Bound 133,219 119,897 107,908 133,219 25,311
Port Discovery 116,566 104,909 94,418 116,566 22,148
Round House Theater 0 23,601 21,241 23,601 2,360
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 26,223 18,000 16,200 26,223 10,023
Salisbury Zoological Park 18,404 18,000 16,200 18,404 2,204
Sotterly Foundation 13,146 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
South Baltimore Learning Center 42,068 37,861 34,075 42,068 7,993
State Mentoring Resource Center 79,755 71,779 64,601 79,755 15,154
Sultana Projects 21,034 18,931 17,038 21,034 3,996
SuperKids Camp 410,172 369,156 332,239 410,172 77,933
Village Learning Place 45,575 41,017 36,915 45,575 8,660
Walters Art Museum 16,652 18,000 16,200 18,000 1,800
Ward Museum 35,058 31,552 28,398 35,058 6,660
Young Audiences of Maryland 89,158 80,242 72,218 89,158 16,940
Total $6,255,412 $5,463,415 $4,917,071 $6,479,804 $1,562,733
* Funded in fiscal 2020 under its former name, MdBioLab Foundation, Inc.
Source: Governor’s Fiscal 2022 Budget Books; Department of Legislative Services
Additional Information
Prior Introductions: None.
Designated Cross File: HB 1053 (Delegate B. Barnes) - Appropriations.
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Information Source(s): Maryland State Department of Education; Department of Budget
and Management; Department of Legislative Services
Fiscal Note History: First Reader - March 1, 2021
rh/rhh Third Reader - March 29, 2021
Revised - Amendment(s) - March 29, 2021
Analysis by: Scott P. Gates Direct Inquiries to:
(410) 946-5510
(301) 970-5510
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