Contracted out: How Maryland school districts do business

The Cecil County Public Schools board made 723 recorded payments above $25,000 from FY2019 to FY2022 to 318 total distinct vendors. The school board paid these major vendors a total of $358,269,092 over that period.

This data does not contain payments to most local, state and federal government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service or Maryland Board of Education, which are often the top vendor, because of inconsistencies among counties in interpreting the reporting law.

Explore the top 10 recipients of that money below, or browse our database for records from Cecil County Public Schools.

Top 10 Vendors

Vendor Name Total Amount
Aetna $44,541,513
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield $31,844,559
Express Scripts $31,756,298
The Mullan Contracting Co $28,918,476
Lincoln Retirement Services Co. $20,878,941
PNC Bank $18,102,865
High Road Schools of Md $11,024,214
Maryland Association of Boards of Education $9,486,436
Data Networks of America Inc $8,712,316
Marshall Bus Company Llc $7,505,547

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Between FY2019 and FY2022, Cecil County Public Schools paid a combined $44,541,513 to the vendor Aetna, which is the school board's top recipient across all payments.

Hover over the bars on the chart below to see the top vendors over the observed years, or hover over the line graph to see the total spending from this school district by year.



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