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School board approves $136.6 million FY2025-26 budget; boosts security, restores some step increases
Summary
The Bedford County School Board approved a $136,612,318 fiscal 2025–26 budget on May 8 that restores some employee step increases, increases security equipment funding, and uses short-term state "all in" funds to smooth staffing impacts next year. The board also approved a $950,000 state-funded bonus program and several budget transfers and bids.
The Bedford County School Board approved a $136,612,318 operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at its May 8 meeting, adopting the finance committee—s recommended revisions after weeks of internal review.
The finance committee—s changes restored about $200,000 for previously frozen step restorations (for clerical, maintenance, garage and health care employees), increased a security-equipment allocation by $150,000 to maintain camera and hardware replacement cycles, and kept $200,000 toward School Resource Officer (SRO) costs to reduce a sharper funding cliff next year. The committee removed an additional 1% cost-of-living increase that would have added roughly $850,000.
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