Student Exclusion from Fiscal Decision-Making in Howard County Public School System: A Case for School Participatory Budgeting

This brief looks at the legal and structural barriers that keep students out of HCPSS's budget decisions, makes a case for School Participatory Budgeting as a way to fix that, and offers recommendations for giving students real input into the budgets that affect their educational journeys.

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Saranya Ganti

October 27, 2026

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Other Fellowship Capstones

Evaluating the Effectiveness of California’s Rental Assistance Programs in Preventing Housing Instability

Building Care Beyond the Clinic: Integrating Connection Into Healthy Aging

Democratic Backsliding in the United States: Policy Solutions to Address Institutional Corruption and Eroding Public Trust