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Maryland enacts FY2024 budget with full Blueprint funding (2023)

On 24 April 2023, Governor Wes Moore approved HB 200 as Chapter 101, Maryland's fiscal year 2024 Budget Bill, effective 1 July 2023. In the causal graph this event strengthens Public Education Funding, a driver that weakens Out-of-School Rate, Primary School Age (global) — an improving welfare path.

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On 24 April 2023, Governor Wes Moore approved HB 200 as Chapter 101, Maryland's fiscal year 2024 Budget Bill, effective 1 July 2023. The General Assembly's appropriations report records USD 8.7 billion in state support for public schools, full funding of fiscal 2024 Blueprint mandates, and USD 900 million for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund.

Who was responsible

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  • Wes Moore

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.65 · verified

    Moore approved HB 200 as Chapter 101 on 24 April 2023, converting the fiscal year 2024 education appropriations and full Blueprint mandate funding into the enacted state budget.

What changed

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    1. FactMaryland enacts FY2024 budget with full Blueprint funding (2023)
    2. strengthensDriverPublic Education Funding
    3. weakensIndicators (4)Out-of-School Rate, Primary School Age (global)
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.65 · Effect from 20 January 2023 · verified

    A record state K-12 budget plus dedicated Blueprint and community-college funding directly increased public-education financing in Maryland.

    All indicators on this path (4)

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Public Education Funding

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.65 × strength 0.25)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

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What the sources establish

This record concerns enacted appropriations, not the earlier preliminary proposal.

Causal path

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  1. ActorWes Moore
  2. contributed toFactMaryland enacts FY2024 budget with full Blueprint funding (2023)
  3. strengthensDriverPublic Education Funding
  4. weakensIndicatorOut-of-School Rate, Primary School Age (global)

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Factrail. (2026). Maryland enacts FY2024 budget with full Blueprint funding (2023). Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/edu-fact-moore-blueprint-fy24-budget-2023

https://factrail.ai/facts/edu-fact-moore-blueprint-fy24-budget-2023

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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