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Julie C. Henn

MD · Baltimore County Board of Education Member, District 5

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Candidate for the Baltimore County (Maryland) Board of Education (District 5) in the 2026 nonpartisan general election.

Where Julie C. Henn stands, based on their records

Supports

Government Efficiency (3 records), Public Education Quality (4 records), Public Infrastructure (2 records)

Mixed record

Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 3 support
  • Publicly backed a state bill requiring a fresh audit before a school board renews a superintendent's contract (SB 999).

    March 7, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Moved a board resolution backing county Inspector General oversight of the school system. The resolution failed.

    November 4, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: cdnsm5-ss3.sharpschool.com

  • Sent written testimony to state lawmakers opposing a bill for two-year superintendent contract renewals (SB 887/HB 1512). She said it could raise costs and weaken board oversight.

    March 25, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Wrote to Gov. Larry Hogan, with Councilman David Marks, asking him to back the Built to Learn Act. The law funds new and expanded schools in northeast Baltimore County.

    April 20, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Voted no on a $140 million, seven-year contract for student and teacher laptops. She said the deal was not fiscally responsible. The board approved it 7-4.

    April 3, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: baltimoresun.com

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 4 support
  • Publicly criticized the county executive's veto of a law to limit new building near crowded schools. She had served on the task force that shaped the law.

    June 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Moved to pause the site choice for a new northeast high school and study land in Middle River instead. The motion failed with 5 votes; 6 were needed.

    January 10, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Wrote to Gov. Larry Hogan, with Councilman David Marks, asking him to back the Built to Learn Act. The law funds new and expanded schools in northeast Baltimore County.

    April 20, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Asked the school system, with Councilman David Marks, to start a boundary study right away. The goal was to ease crowding at Perry Hall Middle School.

    April 11, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nottinghammd.com

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support
  • Moved to pause the site choice for a new northeast high school and study land in Middle River instead. The motion failed with 5 votes; 6 were needed.

    January 10, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Wrote to Gov. Larry Hogan, with Councilman David Marks, asking him to back the Built to Learn Act. The law funds new and expanded schools in northeast Baltimore County.

    April 20, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nottinghammd.com

Track record — General

General · 19 records
  • Proposed sending a school boundary plan back to its committee with new members and new enrollment data. The amendment failed; only 3 members backed it.

    March 10, 2026

    Source: yahoo.com

  • Voted against the school budget that paid for staff raises by cutting nearly 600 jobs. It passed 7-4 on a second vote.

    February 24, 2026

    Source: thebanner.com

  • Was appointed to the Maryland Student Data Privacy Council. She represents the state school boards association there.

    July 10, 2025

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Voted against the $2.58 billion school budget for 2025. She cited larger classes and teacher transfers. It passed 9-3.

    February 27, 2024

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Made a motion to adopt a new east side middle school boundary map. Seventy-one percent of survey takers backed it. The board put off the vote.

    June 13, 2023

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Received support in the 2022 race from the county teachers union, the school support staff union and County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. She was also backed by the Children 1st PAC and the Republican Women of Baltimore County.

    October 31, 2022

    Source: thebanner.com

  • A judge let the fired chief auditor keep her job after she sued the school board that Henn chaired.

    July 7, 2022

    Source: wypr.org

  • Abstained, as board chair, on renewing the school system's chief auditor's contract. The renewal got 6 votes, one short of passing, so the contract ended.

    May 17, 2022

    Source: wypr.org

  • The state Inspector General for Education found the board, naming Henn as vice chair, broke county law by using outside lawyers. It also found the board split a legal bill to avoid bidding.

    December 28, 2021

    Source: oige.maryland.gov

  • Was elected chair of the county school board by a 7-5 vote.

    December 7, 2021

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Lost a race for school board chair 7-5. She kept her vice chair seat after a 6-6 tie vote.

    December 8, 2020

    Source: wypr.org

  • An outside audit of the school system found Henn had filed a required financial disclosure form late several years earlier.

    April 10, 2019

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Voted against giving every board member a copy of a draft audit of school contracts. She sat on the audit committee. The board voted 7-5 to share it.

    March 11, 2019

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Was named chair of the school board committee that planned the search for a new superintendent.

    December 11, 2018

    Source: nottinghammd.com

  • Won the District 5 seat on the county school board without an opponent. It was the county's first school board election.

    November 6, 2018

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Joined three other board members in a complaint to state officials. They asked the state to keep an order that all school staff save records during an audit.

    September 28, 2018

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Posted on Facebook urging the public to contact the state schools chief about the White hiring. The state chief later blocked White's appointment.

    April 24, 2018

    Source: baltimoresun.com

  • Voted no on naming interim leader Verletta White as permanent superintendent. She said the county needed a national search. The board approved White 8-4.

    April 17, 2018

    Source: baltimorewatchdog.com

  • Was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan to the Baltimore County school board. She took an at-large seat.

    October 13, 2016

    Source: nottinghammd.com

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