Camp Springs Civic Association

The Prince George’s County school system was forced to return $1.4 million in state funds this year after it failed to approve school construction contracts within a two-year deadline.

The county lost the funding in May after it failed to sign agreements with contractors to handle upgrades to science classrooms at Potomac and Crossland high schools, according to David Lever, executive director of the Maryland Interagency Committee on School Construction, which oversees school projects in the state. Lever said it is unusual for a school system to miss such a deadline and lose funding.

“We have had some jurisdictions that have come to the cliff,” Lever said. “But it is rare to go over. . . . We’re working with them to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

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