Contracted out: How Maryland school districts do business

The Charles County Public Schools board made 1,132 recorded payments above $25,000 from FY2019 to FY2022 to 465 total distinct vendors. The school board paid these major vendors a total of $695,343,740 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 Charles County Public Schools.

Top 10 Vendors

Vendor Name Total Amount
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield $156,367,915
Scheibel Construction $54,276,771
Keller Brothers Inc $49,944,141
Maryland Association of Boards of Education $20,848,958
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative $18,603,474
Daly Computers Inc $17,807,596
Compton Bus Services Inc $14,373,953
Fidelity Investments $13,700,000
CCBOE Defined Benefit Plan $13,635,078
US Foods Inc $11,562,038

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Between FY2019 and FY2022, Charles County Public Schools paid a combined $156,367,915 to the vendor CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, 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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